Invasive Pests Revealed in Some Greenhouses of Yerevan
K. P. Dilbaryana, *, L. A. Ghazaryana, **, I. E. Stepanyana, ***, and A. G. Khachatryana, ****
a Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,
Yerevan, 0014 Republic of Armenia
Correspondence to: *e-mail: kdilbaryan@yahoo.com
Correspondence to: **e-mail: lusineghazaryan24@gmail.com
Correspondence to: ***e-mail: ilonastepanyan37@gmail.com
Correspondence to: ****e-mail: hasoika@yahoo.com
Received 14 July, 2020
Abstract—The study of the pest fauna from three greenhouse complexes (Grig Garden, Green Paradise, and Avan) located in Yerevan and specialized in the cultivation of ornamental plants has revealed the following invasive species: Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy, Macrosiphoniella sanborni Gillette (Aphididae Latr, Toxoptera, Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio), Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Aleyrodidae West., Trialeurodes Cockerell), Tetranychus viennensis Zacher (Tetranychidae Donn, Tetranychus Dufour), and Cenopalpus mespili Livschitz et Mitrofanov (Tenuipalpidae Sayed, Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker). Insecticide- and acaricide-resistant lines of Tetranychus viennensis and Macrosiphum rosae have been found in two greenhouse complexes.
Keywords: pests, greenhouses, aphid, whitefly, herbivorous mites, invasive species, biological control
DOI: 10.1134/S2075111721040032