Detection and Identification of Wheat Pest Chaetopteroplia segetum (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Journal: Tekirdağ Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi
Year: 2024

Anisopliines are an important group of insects associated with both cultivated plants and wild weeds. Chaetopteroplia segetum (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), although preferring natural plants, can cause significant damage to agricultural crops such as wheat, rye, and corn, posing a major threat to agricultural fields. This species is widely distributed across Europe and Asia, and C. segetum has been reported in several provinces in Türkiye. However, despite its extensive geographical