Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Iraq
*Email: muslim.abdel_wahed@uobasrah.edu.iq (corresponding author)
Online Published on 11 July, 2023.
This study includes study on 138 specimens of a flat-headed borer Lampetis mimosae (Klug) 1829 (Buprestis) collected from Basrah province, southern Iraq. These were collected from March 2019 to April 2021. The morphological characters analysed include those of head, thorax and abdomen (females and males). The distinguing characters include body strongly chitinized, elongate, subcylindrical and covered by fossae, with elytra bronze coloured having metallic shine. The specimens were observed attacking jujube trees Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.
Lampetis mimosa, Iraq, Identification, Taxonomy, Distinguishing Characters, Ziziphus spina-christi, Biology
