56. Encyrtus aurantii (Geoffroy, 1785)

Synonym in Iranian literature. Encyrtus lecaniorum (Mayr, 1876) (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997; Esfandiari et al. 2005).

Host associations in Iran. Eulecanium coryli [ E. tiliae] (Farahbakhsh, 1961), E. tiliae on elm tree, E. coryli [ E. tiliae] on apple tree, Coccus hesperidum on Robinia; Morus sp., Convolvulus arvensis, Sphaerolecanium prunastri on prune tree (Davoodi et al. 2003c, 2004d; Ebrahimi 2014), S. prunastri on Prunus (Esfandiari et al. 2005), Coccus hesperidum on oleander (Lotfalizadeh 2010b) .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997), Guilan and Alborz (Davoodi et al. 2003c, 2004d; Ebrahimi 2014), Iran (Trjapitzin & Myartseva 2004), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari (Esfandiari et al. 2005), Guilan (Ghahari et al. 2010), Tehran and Lorestan (Lotfalizadeh 2010b). General distribution. Cosmopolitan.