Chelonus (Chelonus) oculator (FABRICIUS 1775)

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 : 1928

Chelonus (Chelonus) oculator (FABRICIUS 1775)

Ichneumon oculator PANZER 1779 - Faunae Insect. German.: 72,,.

Sigalphus oculator LATREILLE 1809 - Genera Crust. Insect. 4: 13,,.

Chelonus oculator PANZER 1906 - Krit. Rev. Insekt. Dtls.: 99.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Lorestan ( GHAHARI et al. 2012b), Iran (no locality cited) ( TELENGA 1941; TOBIAS 1976, 1986).

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Caucasia, Central Asia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, England, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, North Africa, Romania, Russia, Siberia, Slovakia, Switzerland, West Asia ( TOBIAS 1986), Egypt ( EDMARDASH et al. 2011), Turkey (ÖZKAN & ÖZMEN 2001; AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN 2002, 2007, 2011; BEYARSLAN et al. 2002a, b, 2006; LOZAN 2005).

H o s t r e c o r d: This species was recorded as an egg-larval parasitoid on Spodoptera littoralis (BOISDUVAL) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) and Ephestia kuehniella ZELLER ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) (ÖZKAN & ÖZMEN 2001). It was also reported as parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua (HÜBNER) ( VIDAL 1997) , Agrotis segetum DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, Helcoverpa armigera HÜBNER, Heliothis viriplaca HUFNAGEL, H. peltigera DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, Photedes elymi TREITSCHKE ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), Etiella zinckenella (TREITSCHKE) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ), Pyrausta sticticalis ( Lepidoptera : Pyraustidae), Coleophora anatipennella (HÜBNER) ( Lepidoptera : Coleophoridae ), Zeiraphera insertana (FABRICIUS) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) ( TOBIAS 1995; AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN 2007, 2011); Ephestia kuehniella ZELLER , Etiella zinckenella (TREITSCHKE) , Homoeosoma nebulella (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER) , Loxostega sticticalis (L.), Ostrinia nubilalis (HÜBNER) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) (AYDO DU & BEYARSLAN 2007). ÖZKAN (2006) recorded C. oculator as an egg-larval parasitoid of the factitious host Plodia interpunctella (HÜBNER) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ). It was recorded on Cydia corticana HÜBNER ( Tortricidae ), Chortodes elymi (TREITSCHKE) , Leucania loreyi (DUPONCHEL) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( YU et al. 2012).