Meteorus obsoletus ( Wesmael, 1835 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Achterberg, Kees Van, 2016, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4072 (1), pp. 1-38 : 12

Meteorus obsoletus ( Wesmael, 1835)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Nickdel et al. 2004; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Iran (no specific locality) ( Fallahzadeh and Saghaei 2010).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835; as Perilitus obsoletus ; Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Korea ( Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Yilmaz et al. 2010; Koldaş et al. 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Huddleston 1980; Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).

Host records. Parasitoid of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae ) ( Nickdel et al. 2004), Choritoneura jezoensis Yasuda & Suzuki ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Gypsonoma dealbana (Frölich) , Hedya nubiferana Haworth , Rhopodota ustomaculana (Curtis) , Tortrix viridana (Linnaeus) , Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), Carpomya schineri ( Diptera : Tephretidae) ( Yu et al. 2012). It is also reared from Rhopobota ustomaculana (Curtis) and Epinotia cruciana (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) (Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).