Ascogaster quadridentata WESMAEL 1835

N. S, Ghahari, H., W, Ascogaster, P, Chelonus & W, Phanerotoma, 2013, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1921-1943 : 1923-1924

Ascogaster quadridentata WESMAEL 1835

Ascogaster quadridentata WESMAEL 1835 - Nouv. Mém. Acad. Brux. 9: 237,,.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: East Azarbaijan (RANJBAR AGHDAM & FATHIPOUR 2010), Kordestan ( GHAHARI et al. 2010a).

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: Afrotropical ( South Africa, introduced), Nearctic ( USA), Neotropical ( Peru, introduced), North Africa, Oriental ( Pakistan) ( SHENEFELT 1973), Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, former Yugoslavia ( HUDDLESTON 1984), Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira Islands, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Australia (introduced) ( YU et al. 2012), China, Taiwan (TANG & MARSH 1994), Egypt ( EDMARDASH et al. 2011), Europe (Central, Southeast and Western), Mongolia, New Zealand (introduced) (WALKER & HUDDLESTON 1987), Korea (TANG & MARSH 1994; PAPP 2003a), Turkey (BEYARSLAN & INANÇ 1990; AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN 2012), Russia (Central, Northwest and South) ( SHENEFELT 1973; HUDDLESTON 1984), Slovakia ( HUDDLESTON 1984; YU et al. 2012).

H o s t r e c o r d: This species has been studied widely as a parasitoid of several economically important insect pests in Europe and North America (TANG & MARSH 1994). Its hosts and biology are reviewed by EVENHUIS & VLUG (1983), SHAW (1983), HUDDLESTON (1984) and WALKER & HUDDLESTON (1987). They recorded the following species as the hosts of A. quadridentata : Cydia pomonella (L.), C. funebrana (TREITSCHKE), C. pallifrontana (LIENIG & ZELLER), C. nigricana STEPH., C. delineana WALKER, Epiblema uddmanniana (L.), Spilonota ocellana (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER) , Grapholithu molesta (BRUSCK), G. apnmivora, Hedya nubifrana ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Endopiza viteana (CLEM.), Yponomeuta padella (L.) ( Lepidoptera : Yponomeutidae ). This species was also recorded to parasitize codling month larvae ( TOMKINS et al. 1987; WHARTON et al. 1998). BALEVSKI (1998) reported some sesiid moths as hosts to A. quadridentata ( Pandemis cerasana (HÜBNER) , Lobesia botrana (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER) and Hedya nubiferana HAWORTH ). AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN (2007) reported ancorrectly a number of hosts of A. quadridentata belonging to the following orders: Coleoptera (2 curculionid species), Diptera (1 anthomyiid and 1 clusiid species), Hymenoptera (2 cynipid and 1 tenthredinid species) and Lepidoptera (2 blastodaenid, 3 gelechiid, 2 geometrid, 1 limacodid, 3 pyralid, 34 tortricid and 3 yponomeutis species). Also, AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN (2012) reported Archips rosana (L.) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) as a host of this species. Parasitoid of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) (RANJBAR AGHDAM & FATHIPOUR 2010).