Pholetesor circumscriptus ( NEES , 1834)

Samin, N., Ghahari, H., N. S & Davidian, E., 2014, A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from West Azarbaijan province, Northwestern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1447-1478 : 1465

Pholetesor circumscriptus ( NEES, 1834)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: West Azarbaijan province: Siah-Cheshmeh (1807 m), 3, May 2007. West Azarbaijan province: Hassanloo (1288 m), 1, July 2008.

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: EntirePalearcticregion( TOBIAS 1995 as Apanteles circumscriptus ), Hungary ( PAPP 2008), N.W. Europe (NIXON 1973 as Apanteles circumscriptus ), Greece (PAPP 2007), Austria, Germany, Italy ( BOUCHÉ 1834 as Microgater blancardella), Germany, Hungary ( RATZEBURG 1848 as Microgaster flavolimbatus ), England ( MARSHALL 1885 as Apanteles lautellus ), Belgium (WESMAEL 1837 as Microgaster lividipes ). According to YU et al. (2012): Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Italy-Sardinia, Italy-Sicily, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Madeira Islands, Moldova, The Netherlands, NewZealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia.

H o s t r e c o r d s: Parasitoid of Elachista gangabella ZELLER, E. gleichenella FABRICIUS, E. humilis ZELLER , E. luticomella ZELLER ( Lepidoptera : Elachistidae ), Lithocolletis blancardella FABRICIUS, L. cavella ZELLER, L. cerasicolella H.-S., L. emberizaepanella BOUCHÉ, L. junoniella ZELLER, L. lantanella SCHR., L. lautella ZELLER, L. mespilella HÜBNER, L. messaniella ZELLER, L. nigrescentella LOGAN, L. populifoliella TR., L. pomonella ZELLER, L. quercifoliella ZELLER, L. rajella LINNAEUS, L. scabiosella DOUGL., L. tenerella JOANNIS ( Lepidoptera : Gracillaridae ) (NIXON 1973; TOBIAS 1995). In Iran irt was reported as a larval parasitoid of Lithocolletis blancardella FABRICIUS ( Lepidoptera : Gracillaridae ) ( BEHDAD 1991; GHAHARI et al. 2010).