The first Record of Gonia ornata Meigen 1826 (Diptera: Tachinidae) on Agrotis sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae in Iran

پژوهش های حفاظت گیاهان ایران

Article 13, Volume 26, Issue 1 - Serial Number 18, March 2012   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jpp.v26i1.12723

Authors

H Sadeghi Namghi^* ; Gh. Asadi

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

During 2005, in a faunistic survey of Tachinidae associated with pests of field crops which carried out in Shirvan region (North Khorasan province), 3 adult tachinids emerged from Agrotis sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae collected in sugar beet field of Agricultural college of Shirvan. The specimens were identified as Gonia ornata Meigen 1826. This is the first record of the occurrence of this species in Iran.

Keywords

Fauna; Tachinidae; Cutworm