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Mesophantia pallens Melichar 1902
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Mesophantia pallens Melichar, 1902 (Figs 6a–b and 16a–c)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Causing mild economic damage to leaves and branches of almond (Rajabi 1991).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Not recorded.
Recorded distribution in Iran: From south slopes of Alborz Mountain to Persian Gulf (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011).
Conclusion: The species is endemic to Iran and its pest status needs to be studied.
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Published as part of 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, pp. 475-501 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on pages 482-483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455385
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- Melichar, L. (1902) Homopteren aus West- China, Persien und dem Sud-Ussuri- Gebiete. St. Petersburg Museum Zool Annals, 7, 76 - 146.
- Rajabi, Gh. (1991) Insects attacking Rosaceous fruit trees in Iran. Vol. 3: Homoptera. Ministry of Agriculture, Tehran, 256 pp.
- Mozaffarian, F. & Wilson, M. R. (2011) An annotated checklist of the planthoppers of Iran (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha) with distribution data. Zookeys, 145, 1 - 57. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 145.1846