A review of insect parasitoids associated with Lobesiabotrana (Denis & Schiffermueller, 1775) in Italy. 1. DipteraTachinidae and HymenopteraBraconidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) Author Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi Author Loni, Augusto Author Lucchi, Andrea text ZooKeys 2017 647 67 100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.647.11098 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.647.11098 1313-2970-647-67 80483F136B92468AB4CC5AD347ACD66F 80483F136B92468AB4CC5AD347ACD66F Aleiodes sp. Aleiodes sp. Nuzzaci and Triggiani 1982 Italian distribution of reared parasitoids. Apulia: Nuzzaci and Triggiani 1982 Distribution. Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838, is a cosmopolitan genus of 240 species ( Yu 1997-2012 ), with 42 of them listed in Europe (Fauna Europaea). Host range. In most cases, the species of this genus live on larvae of macrolepidoptera, both diurnal and nocturnal and, to a lesser extent, on larvae of microlepidoptera, including tortricids. They are koinobiont larval endoparasitoids, and lay their eggs in the host young larva and pupate inside the mummified remains of the dead caterpillar. Three species of Aleiodes are associated with Lobesia botrana . Nuzzaci and Triggiani (1982) obtained a single specimen of an unidentified species of Aleiodes by EGVM larvae living on Daphne gnidium .