FIRST MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME REPORT OF TRICHOFERUS FISSITARSIS SAMA, FALLAHZADEH AND RAPUZZI 2005 (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) WITH MORPHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
Journal: Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Year: 2023

The long-horned beetle, Trichoferus fissitarsis Sama, Fallahzadeh, and Rapuzzi 2005, is one of the most dangerous pests on fig trees, Ficus carica, in the Kurdistan Region- Iraq. In the current study, this species had been genetically reported in GenBank for the first time. However, it was recorded in Cerambycidae checklists from Iraq by its synonym Hesperophanes sericeus (Fab., 1787). Hereby, for the misidentification of this species and to solve the problem of identification, the molecular tec