Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier text Zootaxa 2015 4043 1 1 69 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1 d2ac6b28-d058-4646-888c-9f2d4f0fd4a1 1175-5326 289993 5CB5D7F3-6C3D-4D55-BBDB-FC0C3274477F Cotesia spuria (Wesmael, 1837) Distribution in Iran . Qazvin (Ghahari et al. 2011b). Distribution outside Iran . Afghanistan , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , Bulgaria , China , Croatia , former Czechoslovakia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan , Korea , Latvia , Lithuania , Moldova , Poland , Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovenia , Sweden , Switzerland , Tajikistan , Turkey , Ukraine , UK , Uzbekistan , former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012 ), Estonia , Morocco , Scotland ( Shenefelt 1972 ). Host records. This species has been reported from a large number of lepidopterous hosts ( Shenefelt 1972 ; Yu et al. 2012 ). In Europe, it has been reported from Odontoptera bidentata , Colotois pennaria ( Fahringer 1936 ; Yu et al. 2012 ), Phigalia pilosaria ( Fahringer 1936 ; Tobias 1986 ), In Japan from Phigalia simosaria ( Watanabe 1937 ) . It has been reported as a common gregarious parasitoid of a wide range of hosts mostly of the family Geometridae , Biston betularia , B. strataria , Lycia hirtaria , Hypomecis punctinalis , Campaea margaritata , Ennomos quercinaria , Odontopera bidentata , Seleniadentaria , S. lunularia . It has been also bred from Hypomecis roboraria , Brachionycha sphinx , Diloba caeruleocephala , Phyllororycter oxyacanthae , Cerura vinula , Poecilocampa populi ( Nixon 1974 ; Yu et al. 2012 ). Yu et al. reported it also from Acrolyta marginata , A. pseudonens , Acronicta auricoma , Aglais urticae , Agrotis segetum , Aletia litoralis , Anacampsis populella , Angerona prunaria , Aphantopus hyperantus , Aporia crataegi , Arctia caja , Autographa gamma , Baryscapus galactopus , Bathythrix aerea , Caradrina morpheus , Carcharodus alceae , Catolaccus ater , Catocala promissa , C. sponsa , C. vinula , Cnaemidophorus rhododactylus , Colias hyale , Cyclophora pendularia , C. punctaria , Dendrolimus sibiricus , Diacrisia sannio , Diaglyptidea conformis , Diarsia brunnea , Dibrachys microgastri , Drymonia dodonaea , D. ruficornis , Dysstroma truncata , Ennomos alniaria , E. erosaria , Epirrhoe galiata , Etiella zinckenella , Euphydryas maturna , Eupithecia intricata , E. pinpinellata , E. pusillata , Eupsilia tranversa , Eurodryas aurinia , Eurytoma strigifrons , Evergestis forficalis , Furcula bifida , Gelis agilis , G. discedens , G. intermedius , Hadena filigramma , Hedya pruniana , Heliothis peltigera , Hydriomena impulvata , Ipimorpha subtusa , Issoria lathonia , Jodis lactearia , Lacanobia oleracea , L. suasa , Lasiocampa trifolii , Lycaena tityrus , Lymantria dispar , Lysandra coridon , Lysibia nana , Macaria wauaria , Macrothylacia rubi , Malacosoma castrense , M. neustria , Mesochorus angustatus , M. discitergus , M. pictilis , Minotetrastichus frontalis , Ochropleura praecox , Operophtera brumata , Pandemis cerasana , Parexamis fugax , Perizoma alchemillata , Pieris rapae , Polygonia c-album , Polyommatus dorylas , Pseudoterpna pruinata , Psychophagus omnivorus , Ptilodon capucina , Selenia tetralunaria , Simyra dentinosa , Spodoptera exigua , Tethea or , Tetrastichus sinope , Thera juniperata , Trichiura crataegi , Triodia sylvina , Utetheisa jacobaeae , Vanessa atalanta , V. ca rd ui , Zygaena filipendulae .