Kyboasca maligna (Walsh, 1862)

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 : 492

Kyboasca maligna (Walsh, 1862)

Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Pest of fruit trees with unknown economic importance ( Esmaili 1984).

Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Pest with no economic importance in Czech ( Malenovsky & Lauterer 2010).

Recorded distribution in Iran: No locality record is published.

Conclusion: None of the records of the presence of this species are according to the published examined material. The species is invasive in Europe but there isn’t any evidence on the existence of this species in Iran ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).