First report of Pine Needle scale <i>Chionaspis pinifoliae</i> (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) infesting Kail (<i>Pinus wallichiana</i>) in Kashmir (Northwest Himalaya), India

Bashir Ahmad Rather; Uzma Arifie; Akhlaq Amin Wani

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i5/170955

First report of Pine Needle scale Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) infesting Kail (Pinus wallichiana) in Kashmir (Northwest Himalaya), India

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Bashir Ahmad Rather Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops (MRCFC, Khudwani, Anantnag J&K-192101
Uzma Arifie Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops (MRCFC, Khudwani, Anantnag J&K-192101
Akhlaq Amin Wani Division of Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Forestry, SKUAST-K Benhama, Ganderbal J&K-191201

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