Aleiodes nocturnus (Telenga, 1941)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Tehran (Farahani et al. 2015), Iran (no specific locality) (Telenga 1941; Shenefelt 1975; Tobias 1986; Fallahzadeh & Saghaei 2010; Papp 2011–2012), Kerman (Abdolalizadeh et al. 2017).

General distribution. Palaearctic. China, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Russia (Shenefelt 1975; Tobias 1986 as Rogas nocturnus), Switzerland (van Achterberg 2014), Tunisia (Papp 2014), Turkey (Yu et al. 2012; Papp 2014; Beyarslan 2015).

Hosts. Lepidoptera—Erebidae: Euproctis karghalica (Moore, 1878) (Yu et al. 2012) . Noctuidae: Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808); Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850) on Gossypium hirsutum (Yu et al. 2012) . Notodontidae: Cerura menciana Moore, 1877; C. vinula (Linnaeus, 1758); Harpyia hermelina (Stephens, 1829) (Yu et al. 2012) . Nymphalidae: Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) (Yu et al. 2012) .