Document Type : Agricultural Entomology

Authors

• Sara Zarghami ¹
• Tahereh Karami Jomur ²

¹ Assistant Prof. date palm and tropical fruits research center

² Former Ph. D. Student, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

The greater date moth ArenipsessabellaHamps (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) is considered one of the pests of the date palm in date groving areas of Iran.Recently, the field observations and farmers' complaints indicated that this pest become a major pest in Khuzestan provice, attacking the date trees and causes yield losses in the early stages of date growth. In this study, the feeding activity of overwintering larvae of A. sabella on wooden texture of young offshoots, varieties Barhi, during winter in December and January 2021, is reported. Due to the feeding activities of larvae under the bark, burrowing into the base of fronds in the lower section of offshoots, the exit of plant sap from the feeding place, presence of larval webs and excrement cause pollution.Inthe offshoot and samples with a large populations, the activity of two or three simultaneously on crabs, causes weakness and destruction of crabs. In this study, the feeding activity of A. sabella larvae on fresh wounds of the offshoot and their presence in winter in this section of date palm are reported for the first time in Iran.

Keywords

• The greater date moth
• Wood-boring
• new report
• date palms
• Khuzestan province

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