Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 2

Predators of tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in opened fields tomato in center of Iraq

1Agricultural Research Center, Scientific Research Authority, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Baghdad, Iraq; E-mail : alshammaryahmed264@gmail.com

Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Wasit, Iraq

*Corresponding author’s E-mail : aabbood@uowasit.edu.iq

Online Published on 15 July, 2025.

Abstract

Four predators were identified predating Tuta absoluta in opened fields tomato in both Baghdad (Abo-Ghreeb) and Wasit provinces(Kut and Sweera) in the season 2024 during March-July; Hemipterous predators: Nesidiocoris tenius (Miridae), Orius albidipennis (Anthocoridae), Metacanthus lineata (Berytidae) and Neuropterous predator Chrysoperla carnea (Chrysopidae). The third predator was considered as the first record in Iraq.

Keywords

Chrysoperla, Metacanthus, Nesidiocoris, Orius, Tuta