Aleiodes pallidator (Thunberg, 1822)

Distribution in Iran. Kerman (Ghahari et al. 2010), Khuzestan (Samin et al. 2015), Qazvin (Ghahari et al. 2011b), Iran (no specific locality) (Papp 1988).

General distribution. Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Western Palaearctic. Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Chile, China, Croatia, former Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey (Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg & Shaw 2016), England (Broad et al. 2016; van Achterberg & Shaw 2016), Romania (van Achterberg & Shaw 2016), Serbia (Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013; van Achterberg & Shaw 2016), USA (Yu et al. 2012; Shaw et al. 2013).

Hosts. Lepidoptera—Erebidae: Euproctis karghalica Moore, 1878 (Yu et al. 2012), Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dowden 1938; Askew & Shaw 1986; van Achterberg & Shaw 2016). Gelechiidae: Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 . Geometridae: Bupalus piniarius (Linnaeus, 1758); Cyclophora pendularia (Clerck, 1759); C. punctaria (Linnaeus, 1758); C. quercimontaria (Bastelberger, 1897); Dyscia conspersaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Eupithecia pimpinellata (Hübner, 1813); Hylaea fasciaria (Linnaeus, 1758) . Lasiocampidae: Cosmotriche lobulina (Schiffermüller, 1775) . Lymantriidae: Orgyia definita (Packard, 1865) on Acer negundo; O. leucostigma (Smith, 1797) on Acer negundo . Noctuidae: Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766); Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808); Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808); H. zea on Gossypium hirsutum (Boddie, 1850) . Notodontidae: Cerura menciana (Moore, 1877); C. vinula (Linnaeus, 1758); Harpyia hermelina (Goeze, 1781) . Psychidae: Megalophanes viciella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) . Tortricidae: Apotomis sororculana (Zetterstedt, 1839) (Yu et al. 2012) .