Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 87-88

Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 3B)

For taxonomical and morphological characters of this species see Tschorsnig and Herting (1994).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan province, Rezvanshahr, Paresar, Sandian , (37°57′22.70″ N, 49°12′82.95″ E), 02.ix.2019, 181♂, 196♀; on larvae of Hyphantria cunea , leg. A. Karami.

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Ghahari, 2017; current study), Mazandaran (Ghahari, 2017), West Azerbaijan ( Karimpour et al., 2005), Zanjan ( Modarres Awal, 1994), Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad ( Saeidi, 2011).

General distribution. Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, British Isles, Bulgaria, Canada (introduced), China, Corse, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū), Korean Peninsula ( North Korea), Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, New England, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Eastern Siberia, Southern Far East, Western Russia, Western Siberia), Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA (introduced), Uzbekistan ( Kara et al., 2007; El-Hawagry, 2018; O’Hara et al., 2020) ( Fig. 4G).

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) , Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) , Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) , Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) , Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Erebidae ); Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) , Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785) ( Pieridae ); Malacosoma castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) , M. neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) , Dendrolimus pini (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Lasiocampidae ); Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758 ( Tortricidae ); Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) ( Crambidae ); Mamestra oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) , M. brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) , Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) , Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) , S. littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) , Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) , Prodenia litura (Fabricius, 1775) , Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) , Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) , Simyra dentinosa Freyer, 1838 , Mythimna loreyi Duponchel, 1827 , M. unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) , Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803), Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) , Orthosia gracilis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ( Noctuidae ) ( Herard et al., 1979; Kara & Tschorsnig, 2003; Karimpour et al., 2005; Kara et al., 2007; Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2010; Razmi et al., 2011; Saeidi, 2011; Depalo et al., 2012; Tschorsnig, 2017; Martini et al., 2019; O’Hara et al., 2020).