~ 134 ~ Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2018; 6(5): 134-137 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 JEZS 2018; 6(5): 134-137 © 2018 JEZS Received: 22-07-2018 Accepted: 24-08-2018 Rebwar A Mustafa Department of Horticulture, Halabja Technical College of Applied Sciences, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan region, Iraq Hozan Q Hammamurad Department of plant protection, College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University/ Erbil Kurdistan region, Iraq Nabeel A Mawlood Department of plant protection, College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University/ Erbil Kurdistan region, Iraq Correspondence Rebwar A Mustafa Department of Horticulture, Halabja Technical College of Applied Sciences, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan region, Iraq A new record of Elm Leaf Beetles, Xanthogaleruca luteola (Muller, 1766) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Iraq Rebwar A Mustafa, Hozan Q Hammamurad and Nabeel A Mawlood Abstract A new recorded of elm leaf beetles, Xanthoga lerucaluteola Muller was collected from Elms (Ulmus spp.) in Sulaimani governorate –Iraq. A detailed description of the species and important characters especially mandible, maxillae, antennae, pronotum, fore leg and male genitalia have been photographed. The results showed that the mandibles tridenticles. Distalacinia triangular, dark yellow, apical part with row of pale yellow setae. 3 rd -6 th antennal segments same length. Pronotum dark yellow with three black spots, an hourglass at the middle and two oval spots laterally. 3 rd tarsal segment biolobed. 1/5 apical part of paramer triangular and Tegmen Y- shaped. Keywords: (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae); New record; Xanthogaleruca luteola; Iraq Introduction Chrysomelidae is one of the largest and most diverse families of Coleoptera. This family includes about 37,000 species, which are categorized under 19 subfamilies [1] . Reports estimate that this family may include well over 50,000 species, as many species are not yet identified. At present, about 375 species (classified under 15 subfamilies) have been identified from the Korean peninsula [2] . Xanthogaleruca Laboissiere, is one of important genus of the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galeruinae which includes over nine species distributed in the Palearctic region [3-5] . In the Palaearctic region, 13 species have been reported to date: however, four species were synonymized, and thus, there are a total of nine valid species [6] . Elms (Ulmus spp.), ornamental trees originally from Europe, Asia, and America, grow in Chile mainly in parks and avenues in the central and south-central zones [7, 8] . Elm trees attacked by the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Müller, amonophagous pest native to Europe that defoliates Ulmus spp., with preference for European species ; both larvae and adults of X. luteola Muller caused damage to elm tree by feeding on the leaves,they are not borer and don’t damage the wood, adult beetles chew irregularly holes in the leaves while larvae skeletonise the leaves eating everything but the veins, which gives the foliage a net-like appearance the beetle don’t transmit the disease [9] . The species induced elm leaf volatiles which attracted the egg parasitoid Oomyzusga llerucae a wasp specialized on elm leaf beetle eggs [10] . In Iran, the species reported for the first time by [11] . It is one the major defoliator pests of elm trees (Ulmus spp.), both larval and adult stages by feeding on the leaves. In addition to defoliation and morphological changes, this pest causes physiological stress which increases the elm susceptibility to secondary pest and Dutch elm diseases [12] . Elm leaf beetles are pests which considered the greatest defoliator of elms in plantations and ornamental trees in Europe, and has become the most important urban forestry pest in the USA, Argentina, Canada, and Australia [13] . The adults of X. luteola are 1/4 inch long, olive-green beetles with black, longitudinal stripes along the margin and center of the back (6). A new keys to identified the subfamily, genus and species of leaf beetles of the British Isles is formulated by [14, 15] . The main aim of this study was a detailed description of elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Muller and provide habitus and the important parts photographs which guides to enable the non-specialist to identify the species. Materials and Methods The specimens examined in this study were collected from elm tree, Ulmus spp in different localities of Sulaemani Governorate, Kurdistan region- Iraq from April till July- 2015.