Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola, 1808)

Distribution in Iran. Zanjan province, Abhar, 36°16′N 49°03′E, 1♀, July 2012. New record for Iran.

General distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental. Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Italy, Japan, Korea, Madeira Islands, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Austria, Finland (Shenefelt 1975 as A. tristis Wesmael), Siberia (Watanabe 1937 as Rhogas tristis; Shenefelt 1975 as A. tristis Wesmael).

Hosts. Lepidoptera—Crambidae: Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée, 1854); Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) . Geometridae: Eupithecia pimpinellata (Hübner, 1813); Scopula nigropunctata (Hufnagel, 1767) . Hesperiidae: Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808) (Yu et al. 2012) . Noctuidae: Sideridis rivularis Fabricius, 1775 . Nymphalidae: Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758); C. tullia (Müller, 1764); Erebia sp.; Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758); Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758); Melanargia lachesis Hübner, 1790; Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857; Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767) . Pterophoridae: Emmelina monodactyla (Linneaus, 1758) (Yu et al. 2012) .