Abstract

This study was conducted to determine harmful insect species and bio-ecological parameters of these species within “Turkey Inverted Tulip (Fritillaria spp.) Collection Garden” established at Erzincan Horticulture Research Institute with inverted tulip species collected from different parts of Turkey in 2011-2013. Samples were collected by going once a week, during the vegetation period. As a result of the study, species of Lilioceris merdigera (Lienaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848 (Diptera: Syrphidae) were determined. In addition, damage shape, harmful period and duration time in nature were indicated. Eumerus amoenus was recorded for the first time as hosts of Fritillaria imperialis.