An annotated checklist of the Eulophidae (excl. Tetrastichinae) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Israel
Author
Yefremova, Zoya A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3957
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1
36
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.1
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1175-5326
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5.
Cirrospilus ingenuus
Gahan
Material examined.
1 ♀,
Israel
, Mt. Carmel, Nahal Oren, sweeping,
14.iv.2006
(A. Freidberg). 1 ♀, Hosha’ya, ex.
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
(Zeller)
on
Quercus ithaburensis
17.iii.2013
(W. Kuslitzky).
Hosts.
Ectoparasitoid of
Phyllonorycter
sp. and
Phyllocnistis citrella
Stainton
(
Lepidoptera
:
Gracillariidae
) (
Argov & Rössler 1996
); new host-record
Ph
. quercifoliella
on
Quercus ithaburensis
.
Distribution.
Israel
(
Argov & Rössler 1996
, 1998);
Australia
, Indo-Malayan (
Argov & Rössler 1996
;
Lotfalizadeh & Delvare 2011
), and Palearctic ecorealms (Zhu
et al.
2002; Yefremova
et al.
2007).
Remarks.
Argov and Rössler (1996
, 1998) obtained a total of
160 adults
of
C. ingenuus
(identified as
C. quadristriatus
) from
Thailand
,
Australia
and Florida, of which specimens from
Thailand
were released in
Israel
starting September, 1994. Since then, 2,000 adults have been released throughout the country, with recovery observed at several release sites.