Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832)

Dursun, Ahmet & Fent, Meral, 2017, Annotated Checklist of Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Turkey with new records for the faunas of Europe and Turkish Thrace, Zootaxa 4347 (3), pp. 465-491 : 472

Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832)

Material examined: ASIAN TURKEY: Amasya province: Borabay , 05.03.2015, 450 m, 1♂ ; 30.6.2016, 450 m, 6♀♀, 8♂♂; Merzifon, Çavundur , 463 m, 06.09.2016, 1♂ .

Asian Turkey: Mutun (2003), Mutun et al. (2009), Aukema et al. (2013), Küçükbasmacı (2014), Sönmez et al. (2014), Çerçi & Koçak (2016), this study.

European Turkey: Mutun (2003), Çerçi & Koçak (2016).

Comments: This species native to North America has been found first time from Europea ( Italy) by Bernardinelli & Zandigiacomo (2000). This species is distributed in eastern Europe and Anatolia. It was recorded in Turkey by Mutun (2003) from Bolu and Tekirdağ and by Çerçi & Koçak (2016) from Artvin located along the border with Georgia. Distribution of this alien species is expanding to Caucasus and Iran. In this study, it has been found under a bark on Pinus sp. in Borabay (Amasya), (05.03.2015) and in Çavundur (06.09.2016) under Astragalus sp. during overwinter and for the first time from central Black Sea region and it has been found from Borabay (30.06.2016) on Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae ).