Sympiesis gordius (Walker)

Yefremova, Zoya A., 2015, An annotated checklist of the Eulophidae (excl. Tetrastichinae) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Israel, Zootaxa 3957 (1), pp. 1-36 : 17-18

73. Sympiesis gordius (Walker)

Material examined. 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Israel, Nahal Qana Reserve, 290m, 5 km SW Qarne Shomeron 32°08’N; 35°04’E, sweeping, 9.vii.2007, (A. Freidberg); 1 ♀, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 13.xii.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♂, Herzliyya hill, 32°11’N; 34°49’E, sweeping, 8.v.2009 (A. Freidberg); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Hosha’ya, ex. Ph. quercifoliella on Quercus ithaburensis , 17.iii.2013 (W. Kuslitzkiy).

Hosts. Ectoparasitoid of Cameraria sp., Cremastobombycia sp. ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) ( Maier & Hansson 2006).

Distribution. Israel *; Palearctic ( Bouček & Askew 1968; Trjapitzin 1978; Yefremova 2002) and Nearctic ( Gates et al. 2002).