... Turkey, and Israel [27]. Further studies are needed to clarify the taxonomicposition of the studied populations.Th. pityocampa Schiff is known to feed on leaves and buildlarge silk nests on the ... nests on the top of the trees. In addition, PPM hasurticating hairs, which cause allergies resulting in conjunctivitis,respiratory congestions and asthma [29]. The PPM is one of themost harmful ... mostly observed on P. brutiain Turkey, which consists of the majority of forests (with morethan 3 million hectares) and are distributed particularly in thecoastal regions of Turkey, namely,...