Psychophagus omnivorus (Walker, 1835)

Karami, Amene, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Fathipour, Yaghoub & Mehrabadi, Mohammad, 2023, Native parasitoids of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), an invasive alien pest in northern Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 81-101 : 84

Psychophagus omnivorus (Walker, 1835) ( Fig. 2C)

For taxonomical and morphological characters of this species see Gates et al. (2012).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan province, Rezvanshahr, Paresar, Sandian , (37°57′22.70″ N, 49°12′82.95″ E), 02.ix.2019, 203♂, 262♀; on pupae of Hyphantria cunea , leg. A. Karami.

Distribution in Iran. Guilan ( Rezaei et al., 2003; current study).

General distribution. Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada (Ontario, Quebec), Croatia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, North Africa, Poland, Romania, Russia (Adygey AO, Karachai-Cherkess AR, Kostroma Oblast, Rostov Oblast), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Transcaucasus, European part of Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA (Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin), former Yugoslavia ( Sharov & Izhevskiy, 1987; Rezaei et al., 2003; Noyes, 2019; Rahamani et al., 2022) ( Fig. 4C).

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) , Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) , Panaxia dominula Linnaeus, 1758 ( Erebidae ); Cerura Vinula (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Notodontidae ) ( Askew, 1970; Noyes, 2019).