Mulberry pests in Azerbaijan conditions

A list of mulberry pests (Moraceae, Morus L.) recorded in Azerbaijan is presented. The pest complex includes 70 species. In the taxonomic structure of the pest complex the largest number of species belongs to the representatives of the class Arachnida (26 species), of which 18 species (27.8.0%) belong to Mesostigmata and 8 species (11.1%) to Trombidiformes. Representatives of the class Insecta are distributed as follows: 10 (13.9%) species to order Coleoptera, 26 species (36.1%) species to Hemiptera, 7 (9.7%) species to Lepidoptera. 1 species recorded (1.4%) belongs to the class Gastropoda of the phylum Mollusca. As a result of the research, 5 new species of adventive mulberry pests were recorded for the first time in Azerbaijan, all of them belong to different families of the order Hemiptera: Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798), Coccidae - Indian wax scale; Orosanga japonica (Melichar, 1898), Ricaniidae - leafhopper butterfly, Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830), Flatidae - white cicada, Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana, 1911), Aleyrodidae aucuba whitefly, Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), Pentatomidae - brown marmorated stink bug. The article provides a map of the collection areas, which was compiled using the Arc Map 10.5 (2020) program.