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A New Record Of Chafer Insect Euserica Murzka(Sub Family:
Melolonthinae, Family: Scorabaeidae, Order: Coleoptera)
Mohamed Massoued Abud Alla Dodo (1), Ali Ramadan Abd
Alla AlDeeb (2)
and Omran Mohamed Ali
Bawa(2).
(1): The National Certified Seed
multiplication Center, Tisawa Project, Libya
(2):Arab Center for
Research and Development of Saharan Communities, P.O Box 26, Murzuk,
Libya
E-mail: Scmuzuk@hotmahl.com
Abstract
Many plant pests and diseases are widely spread and they attack many
agricultural products. In 1999, the chafer insect it was noticed for the first
time in the south west region of Libya to destroy the leaves and flowers of
alfalfa fields and other crops such as sesame, jews Mallow and also attack the
new leaves of many trees such as peach and zizphus spin. Larva feed on roots and
potato tubers. This insect is considered as one of the most harmful pest on
alfalfa seed products and potato tubers. During the period from April to
October, it starts activity during the night. During flying, the insect make a
characteristic noise caused by wing movement. Specimens were collected and sent
to the British Natural History Museum for identification and classification. The
insect was found to belong to Order: Coleoptera, Family-Scarabaeidae, Sub
family: Melolonthinae, Genus: Euserica, species unkown. The authors suggested
the name Euserica murzka which was accepted as the scientific name by the
British Natural History Museum and a common name "African chafer"
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