Meteorus sp.

Meteorus sp. Silvestri 1912, Boselli 1928, Stellwaag 1928

Italian distribution of reared parasitoids.

Campania: Silvestri 1912 (Nola, Portici)

Apulia: Silvestri 1912 (S. Vito dei Normanni - Lecce)

Distribution.

Meteorus Haliday, 1835 is a cosmopolitan genus with a large number of species, Yu (1997-2012) lists 316 species, 46 of which are present in Europe (Fauna Europaea).

Host range.

The species of the genus Meteorus are koinobiont endophagous larval parasitoids of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera . Meteorus pendulus ( Müller, 1776) and Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811) have been found on Eupoecilia ambiguella, while Meteorus colon (Haliday, 1835) was obtained from Sparganothis pilleriana . Silvestri (1912) in July and August repeatedly observed some specimens of an unidentified Meteorus from larvae of EGVM collected in Campania and Apulia vineyards.