First report of Campoplex difformis (Gmelin, 1790) associated with the parasitoid wasps fauna of Iran

Document Type : Short communication, English

Authors

1 Plant Protection Research Department, Hamedan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Hamedan, Iran.

2 Sugar Beet Research Department, Hamedan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Hamedan, Iran

3 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

A solitary endoparasitoid of the larva of Gelechidae and probabely Scorbipalpa ocellatella Boyd. (beet moth) (Lep.: Gelechidae) in Hamedan province, Iran, Campoplex difformis (Gmelin, 1790), belonging to the subfamily Campopleginae (Hym.: Ichneumonidae), is reported. These wasps are apparently as parasitoid of sugar beet moth. 

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