Abstract:

A total of 12 species of Coccomorpha from five scale insect families have been recorded on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae) in Iran. They were belong to Acanthococcidae (1), Coccidae (3), Diaspididae (4), Ortheziidae (1) and Pseudococcidae (3). In this study Peliococcus chersonensis (Kiritshenko), Pelionella grassiana (Goux) (Pseudococcidae) are redescribed and illustrated based on adult females to show their morphology in Iran. Rhizococcus borchsenii (Danzig) (Acanthococcidae) was also the third newly recorded species for the fauna of Iran. Species that have been previously collected or recorded on Artemisia in Iran are listed and information is given about host plants and global distribution for each species.

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