Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 55

Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus)

Aphis urticae Linnaeus, 1758: 453.

Iran localities.

Ardebil, Azarbaijan -e Garbi, Azarbaijan -e Sharghi, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Golestan, Hamadan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan -e Jonoubi, Khorasan -e Shomali, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Sistan & Balouchestan, Zanjan.

Host plants.

Apiaceae : Eryngium bungei ; Asteraceae : Artemisia sp., Gundelia sp., Echinops ritro , Echinops persicae ; Fabaceae : Astragalus sp.; Thymelaeaceae : Daphne angustifolia .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Moghaddam (2009) and Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010).