Bu arastırmada, Konya ilinin Selçuklu ve Hüyük ilçelerinde aspir tarlalarında zarar yapan
böcekler ve predatörlerini belirlemek amacıyla 2011 yılında survey çalısmaları yürütülmüstür. Yapılan
çalısmalar sonucu aspir bitkilerinde 9 zararlı ve 3 predatör böcek türü bulunmustur. Zararlı olarak;
Aphis fabae Scopoli,1763, Uroleucon compositae Theobald, 1915 (Homoptera: Aphididae), Brachycoleus
decolor Reuter, 1887 (Homoptera: Miridae) , Cteniopus gibbosus Baudidi Selve, 1761 (Coleoptera:
Alleculidae), Cetonia aurata Linnaeus, 1761 (Coleoptera: Cetonidae), Bangasternus planifrons (Brulle,
1882) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Heliothis peltigera Schiffer, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Larinus
syriacus Gyllenhal, 1835 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Tropinota hirta Poda, 1761 (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae) türleri; predatör olarak; Coccinella septempunctata (L.), Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
(L.) ve Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei Mulstant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) türleri bulunmustur. Her
iki ilçede, Tropinota hirta, Heliothis peltigera ve Uroleucon compositae’nin önemli zararlı türler oldugu;
Coccinellid türlerinden C.septempunctata’nın afitler üzerinde etkin oldugu, diger iki türün ise
populasyonlarının düsük düzeyde oldugu tespit edilmistir.
In this study, a survey was carried out to determine pest insect species of safflower and their
predators in Hüyük and Selçuklu towns of Konya Province in 2011. At the end of the study, 9 pest and 3
predator insect species were found on safflower plants. These pest species namely; Aphis fabae
Scopoli,1763, Uroleucon compositae Theobald, 1915 (Homoptera: Aphididae), Brachycoleus decolor
Reuter, 1887 (Homoptera: Miridae) , Cteniopus gibbosus Baudidi Selve, 1761 (Coleoptera: Alleculidae),
Cetonia aurata Linnaeus, 1761 (Coleoptera: Cetonidae), Bangasternus planifrons (Brulle, 1882)
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Heliothis peltigera Schiffer, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Larinus
syriacus Gyllenhal, 1835 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Tropinota hirta Poda, 1761 (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). The predators namely; Coccinella septempunctata (L.), Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
(L.) and Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei Mulstant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Tropinota hirta,
Heliothis peltigera and Uroleucon compositae were found as important pests. On the other hand, C.
septempunctata populations were effective on the aphids, but the other coccinellids had low population
levels.