Masumeh Moghaddam - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran۱۹۳۹۵-۱۴۵۴, Iran
Abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi - Department of Plant Production, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Darab, ۷۴۷۱۱-۹۶۷۱۱, Iran

In Iran, a total of ۱۲ species of Coccomorpha from five scale insect families have been recorded on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae): Acanthococcidae (۱), Coccidae (۳), Diaspididae (۴), Ortheziidae (۱) and Pseudococcidae (۳). In this study Peliococcus chersonensis (Kiritshenko), Pelionella grassiana (Goux) (Pseudococcidae) are redescribed and illustrated based on adult females to show their morphology in Iran, and also Rhizococcus borchsenii (Danzig) (Acanthococcidae) are newly recorded for the first time from Iran. Species that have been previously collected or recorded on Artemisia in Iran are listed and information is given about host plants and global distribution for each species.

Artemisia, Scale insects, Coccomorpha, Peliococcus chersonensis, Pelionella grassiana, Rhizococcus borchsenii, Iran