Megophthalmus scabripennis Edwards, 1915

Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, Zootaxa 4420 (4), pp. 475-501 : 491

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5984832
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scientific name	Megophthalmus scabripennis Edwards, 1915
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Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Not recorded.

Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: A potential pest in olive orchards in Turkey and a potential vector for Aster yellows (AY) in vineyards ( Bozbuga & Elekcioglu 2008; Orenstein et al. 2003).

Recorded distribution in Iran: North ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).

Conclusion: The vector status of this species in Iran needs further study.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
InfraOrder	Cicadomorpha
Family	Cicadellidae
SubFamily	Megophthalminae
Genus	Megophthalmus

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