Aleiodes pallescens Hellén, 1927

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Rastegar et al. 2012), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011a).

General distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental. China, Finland, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2013).

Hosts. Lepidoptera—Crambidae: Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796), O. penitalis (Grote 1876) . Drepanidae: Cilix glaucata (Scopoli, 1763), C. tatsienluica Oberthür, 1916 (Yu et al. 2012) . Depressariidae: Agonopterix heracliana (Linnaeus, 1758); Depressaria sp. Erebidae: Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775); Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) . Geometridae: Apocheima hispidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Cabera exanthemata (Scopoli, 1763); Chloroclystis v-ata (Haworth, 1809); Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759); Eupithecia pusillata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759); Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758); Lycia pomonaria (Hübner, 1790) . Noctuidae: Acronicta sp., Agrotis cinerea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758); Leucania sp.; Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) . Nolidae: Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833) . Notodontida e: Cerura vinula (Linnaeus, 1758); Furcula bifida (Brahm, 1787); Dicranura sp.

(Shenefelt, 1975). It was also reported from Cerura menciana Moore, 1877, C. vinula (Linnaeus, 1758), Furcula bifida (Brahm, 1787) on Populus spp. (Kryukov 2006; Yu et al. 2012). Tortricidae: Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758); Cabera sp.; Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1776); Tortrix sp. (Shenefelt 1975).