Cotesia flavipes Cameron , 1891

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, 2015, Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4043 (1), pp. 1-69 : 17-18

Cotesia flavipes Cameron, 1891

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009c).

Distribution outside Iran. Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guadeloupe, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Réunion, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts-Nevis, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, USA, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam ( Yu et al. 2012), Burma, Ceylon, Malaya ( Shenefelt 1972).

Host records. Amsacta albistriga , Aphanogmus fijiensis , Bathytricha truncata , Bissetia steniella , Busseola fusca , Catolaccus crassiceps , Chilo auricilius , Ch. batri , Ch. ceylonica , Ch. diffusilineus , Ch. infuscatellus , Ch. orichalcociliellus , Ch. partellus , Ch. polychrysa , Ch. saccariphagus indicus , Ch. suppressalis , Ch. tumidicostalis , Ch. zonellus , Ceraphron braconiphaga , Cnaphalocrocis medinalis , Cotesia sesamiae , Curculio chinensis , Diatraea flavipennella , D. grandiosella , D. lineolata , D. saccharalis , Eldana saccharina , Eoreuma loftini , Euclystis steniellus , Euproctis fraternal , Eurytoma sp., Glaucocharis reniella , Leucania loreyi , Metagonistylum minense , Parallorhogas pyralophagus , Procerata venosata , Psalis pennatula , Scirpophaga incertulas , S. innotata , Sesamia calamistis , S. grisescens , S. inferens , S. uniformis , Solenopsis invicta , Spilarctia oblique , Tetramoera schistaceana , Tetrastichus howardi , Trichogramma galloi , Trichomalopsis apanteloctena ( Yu et al. 2012) . Shenefelt (1972) recorded this species from Aporia crataegi , Corcyra cephalonica , Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera mauritia . Also, Orocrambus simplex has been recorded from India ( Wilkinson 1928) and Formosa ( Watanabe 1937). It has been also reported as a larval parasitoid of Sesamia gresescens and S. inferens Walker (Kuniata and Sweet 1994) .