Awwad, M. (2021). First Record of the Slug Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) in Egypt. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12(12), 861-863. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.220027
M. H. Awwad. "First Record of the Slug Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) in Egypt". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12, 12, 2021, 861-863. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.220027
Awwad, M. (2021). 'First Record of the Slug Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) in Egypt', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12(12), pp. 861-863. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.220027
Awwad, M. First Record of the Slug Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) in Egypt. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2021; 12(12): 861-863. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.220027
First Record of the Slug Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) in Egypt
Department of Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo Al-Azhar University
Abstract
The slugs were gathered from various places of Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia governorates in Egyptian nurseries. Leidyula floridana considered as highly harmful to agricultural productivity. That found in other agricultural regions with widespread in gardens, nurseries, and agricultural areas, the slug was popularly known as the Florida leather leaf slug that recorded she was a real pest of ornamental plants in southern Florida and field crops. This research provides critical information on this species, historical and current distribution in Egyptian agricultural areas.