Protapanteles thompsoni (Lyle, 1927)

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Khanjani 2004).

Distribution outside Iran. Belgium, Cameroon, China, France, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Moldova, Romania, Russia, UK (Yu et al. 2012), Canada (introduced) (Shenefelt 1972; Nixon 1973), USA (Shenfelt 1972). Host records. Gregarious parasite of the European corn borror, Ostrinia nubilalis occuring in France and Belgium on Artemisia vulgaris (Nixon 1973; Yu et al. 2012). It has been imported in North America against O.

nubilalis (Jones 1929; Yu et al. 2012). Shenefelt (1972) reported Ostrinia nubilalis, Bambusiphila vulgaris, Pyrausta sp., Ostrinia penitalis as hosts of this species.