Distribution, damage and population development of creontiades pallidus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in the pepper greenhouses of Antalya province

In the studies that have been made until today, Creontiades pallidus was reported to be a fitofag pest especially among the main pests of the cotton plant. However; it has been considered as harmful pest in the pepper greenhouses of Antalya province and it has been observed that it causes harm during the previous years. This study is made for especially peppers because the studies that were done for this subject is limited. Aim of this study is determining population and prevalent of pest in the province. This study was conducted in 3 different provinces, East Antalya (Aksu-Serik Province), centre of Antalya (Altınova-Kurşunlu Province), West Antalya (Kumluca-Demre Province) with 6 different pepper kinds (Kaliforniya, Kapya, Sili, Carliston, Sivri, Ucburun) in 12 different pepper greenhouses. Year of 2018 July and August was date for planting of pepper kinds and pests was observed until year of 2019 May. In this study, during the production season, Creontiades pallidus had been started to seen at middle of September and its population was fluctuated until middle of 2019 May. In first few months, while pepper fruits were green and small, intake marks are not obvious; however, when color of fruits turn into red and yellow, harm can be obvious. Nymphs and full grown of C. pallidus was observed in every kinds of pepper that was visited.