بخش تحقیقات گیاه پزشکی استان لرستان

 Amir Biranvand, Jahanshir Shakarami, Amir Ansari pour, Reza Jafari, Mehdi Zare Khormizi, Hamed Nazari,

 

The Collection of specimens was done from various parts of Chegini District, Lorestan province, Iran during 2011 to 2013. The different morphs of A. decempunctata were collected from orchards, forest and pastures regions. The specimens were collected with a standard sweeping net and a hand-held aspirator. In order to preserve quality including appearance and color as well as image quality samples were kept inside the closed bottles at sub-zero temperatures. Specimens were identified to species level with the help of available literature. Different morphs were identified based on morphological characteristics including color and spots on dorsal surface of the elytra and pronotum. Altogether five morphs of A. decempunctata were collected and identified. Different morphs identified are as follows:\n1- Elytra is brown and with 10 yellow points\n2- Elytra is yellow to orange and with 8 black points\n3- Elytra is red to orange and with 6 black points\n4- Elytra is brown to black and with two orange points\n5- Elytra is brown to orange and with 15 black points