Meteorus cinctellus (Spinola, 1808)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Farahani and Talebi 2012; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Belgium (Wesmael 1835 as Perilitus cinctellus, and as P. fuscipes; Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Germany, Hungary, Sweden (Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Europe (Huddleston 1980), Far East of Russia, Japan, Korea (Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), France (Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013), Greece (Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), Italy (Cobelli 1905; Yu et al. 2012), Madeira (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al. 2012), New Zealand (Huddleston 1986; Yu et al. 2012), Norway (Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg and Hansen 2013), UK (Marshall 1887 as M. tenellus; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).

Host records. Meteorus cinctellus is recorded as the parasitoid on the leaf roller moth Gypsonoma neglectana Duponchel ( Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Silvestri 1917; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg and Hansen 2013). It is also reared from Crambus uliginosellus Zeller, Eudonia angustea (Curtis), Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller), Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus), Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke), Eudonia truncicolella (Stainton) ( Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).