Virgichneumon dumeticola (Gravenhorst, 1829)

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 : 85

Virgichneumon dumeticola (Gravenhorst, 1829) ( Fig. 2E)

For taxonomical and morphological characters of this species see Tereshkin (2006).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan province, Rezvanshahr, Paresar, Sandian , (37°57′22.70″ N, 49°12′82.95″ E), 02.ix.2019, 2♂, 3♀; on pupae of Hyphantria cunea , leg. A. Karami.

Distribution in Iran. Golestan ( Riedel & Aghadokht, 2017), Guilan ( Shirzadegan et al., 2021; current study), West Azarbaijan ( Riedel & Aghadokht, 2017).

General distribution. Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, China (Fujian), Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Gorno-Altay, Krasnodar Kray, Yaroslavl Oblast), Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom ( Thirion, 2005; Tereshkin, 2006; Horstmann, 2008; Sullivan et al., 2010; Riedel & Magnusson, 2014; Yu et al., 2016) ( Fig. 4E).

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) ( Erebidae ) ( Sharov & Izhevskiy, 1987; Tolkanitz, 1990; Sullivan et al., 2010)