Rhizopulvinaria artemisiae (Signoret)

Pulvinaria artemisiae Signoret, 1873: 31. Rhizopulvinaria minima Borchsenius, 1952. Rhizopulvinaria virgulata Borchsenius, 1952.

Iran localities.

Ardabil, Azarbaijan -e Sharghi, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Yazd and Zanjan.

Host plants.

Amaranthaceae: Noaea mucrunata; Asteraceae: Achillea sp., Echinops ritro, Carthamus oxyacantha; Fabaceae: Astragalus sp.; Rosaceae: Prunus scoparia .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996) and Moghaddam (2001, 2009, 2010).