Meteorus obsoletus (Wesmael, 1835)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Nickdel et al. 2004; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Iran (no specific locality) (Fallahzadeh and Saghaei 2010).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Belgium (Wesmael 1835; as Perilitus obsoletus; Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Germany (Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Korea (Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey (Yilmaz et al. 2010; Koldaş et al. 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK (Huddleston 1980; Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).

Host records. Parasitoid of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) (Nickdel et al. 2004), Choritoneura jezoensis Yasuda & Suzuki ( Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Gypsonoma dealbana (Frölich), Hedya nubiferana Haworth, Rhopodota ustomaculana (Curtis), Tortrix viridana (Linnaeus), Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner) ( Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) ( Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Carpomya schineri ( Diptera: Tephretidae) (Yu et al. 2012). It is also reared from Rhopobota ustomaculana (Curtis) and Epinotia cruciana (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).