Cotesia melanoscela (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, 2015, Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4043 (1), pp. 1-69 : 19

Cotesia melanoscela (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Ghahari et al. 2010c).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, USA, Ukraine, Uk, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro ( Žikić et al. 2013).

Host records. Hemileuca maia ( Thompson 1944; Nixon 1974; Mason 1981; Peigler 1994; Ghahari et al. 2010c; Yu et al. 2012), Liparis auriflura , Malacosoma americanum , M. disstrium , Olene basiflava , Orgyia leucostigma , Phyciodes nycteis , Pteronidia ribesii ( Shenefelt 1972) , Lymantria dispar , L. monacha , Leucoma salicis , Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Shenefelt 1972; Yu et al. 2012). In Europe, it has been bred from Lymantria dispar , while in England it has been bred from Leucoma salicis and Orgyia antiqua ( Nixon 1974; Yu et al. 2012). In the USA, Orgyia leucostigma has been reported as an occasional host for it ( Muesebeck and Dohanian 1927; Yu et al. 2012). Yu et al. (2012) reported the following hosts: Abraxas grossulariata , Acrolyta nigricapitata , A. rufocincta , Acronicta psi , Aleiodes lymantriae , Anacampsis populella , Anastatus bifasciatus , A. japonicus , A. pearsalli , Arachnophaga picea , Baryscapus coerulescens , Catolaccus ater , Cirrospilus cinctithorax , C. coptodiscae , C. flavicinctus , C. marilandi , Compsilura concinnata , Conura debilis , C. meteori , C. side , C. torvina , Cyclophora linearia , C. punctaria , Dibrachys affinis , D. microgastri , Dimmockia incongrua , D. pallipes , Elasmus atratus , E. nudus , Encrateola laevigata , Erannis defoliaria , Eulithis testata , Eupelmus annulatus , E. urozonus , E. vesicularis , Eurytoma appendigaster , E. goidanichi , E. verticillata , Gelis agilis , G. apantelis , G. a e r a t o r, G. cayennator , G. c i n c t u s, G. c u s h m a n i, G. inutilis , G. nocuus , G. obscurus , G. tenellis , Haltichella xanticles , Horismenus microgaster , Hypopteromalus inimicus , H. tabacum , Ivela auripes , Lathronympha strigana , L. mathura , L. obfuscata , Lymeon orbus , Lysibia mandibularis , L. nana , Mesochorus discitergus , Macaria aemulataria , Malacosoma neustria , Mesochorus temporalis , M. uniformis , Mesopolobus sp., Monodontomerus aereus , Noctua fimbriata , Nycteola asiatica , N. frigidana , Ooencyrtus kuvanae , Orthosia miniosa , O. stabilis , Ostrinia nubilalis , Pediobius cassidae , P. crassicornis , P. p y rg o, Perilampus hyalinus , P. negl ect us, Phigalia titea , Protapanteles flavicoxis , Pteromalus chrysos , P. microgastris , P. phycidis , Sympiesis sericeicornis , Tortrix viridana , Tritneptis hemerocampae , T. scutellata .