TY - JOUR ID - TI - SEASONAL FLUCTUATION OF STINK BUG MUSTHA SPINULOSA (LEFEBVRE, 1831) (HEMIPTERA, PENTATOMIDAE) ON SOME TREES IN ERBIL CITY التباين الموسمي لحشرة البق النتن Mustha spinulosa (Lefebvre, 1831) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) على بعض الاشجار في مدينة اربيل AU - Sarkaut Hussein Muhammed سركوت حسين محمد PY - 2020 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 151 EP - 160 JO - Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum مجلة متحف التاريخ الطبيعي العراقي SN - 10178678 23119799 AB - Phytophagous stink bugs (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) are economically important insect pests of fruit, vegetable, nut and field crops. This study was carried out during the season of 2013 in orchards within Erbil city, to follow the stink bug Mustha spinulosa (Lefebvre, 1831) seasonal fluctuation on some fruit trees: olive, plum, apricot, pear, apple and almond.The stink bug reaches its maximum abundance throughout the second week of August (38.2/tree) coinciding with mean temperature and relative humidity of 33.40C and 28.14% respectively, and the highest total mean of the number of the insect was recorded on the olive trees (181.8/tree). The study reveals that the stink bug attacked 22 trees (fruit and forest) while it has not attack any herbal plant.

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