Bracon (Glabrobracon) osculator Nees, 1811

Beyarslan, Ahmet, 2014, Checklist of Braconinae species of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 201-242 : 215-216

Bracon (Glabrobracon) osculator Nees, 1811

Bracon osculator Nees, 1811 . 1–37.

Bracon (Glabrobracon) osculator: Fahringer, 1928 . 433–606.

Synonyms: Braco bisignatus Wesmael, 1838 ; Bracon cingulator Szépligeti, 1901 ; B. degenerator Marshall, 1885 ; B. minutus Szépligeti, 1901 ; B. temporalis Telenga, 1936 ; B. venustus Telenga, 1936 .

Biology: Biocontrol of Coleophora mayrella (Huebner, 1813) (Lep.: Cosmopterigidae ).

Hosts: Lepidoptera , Coleophoridae : Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849 ; C. caespititiella Zeller, 1839 ; C.colutella

(Fabricius, 1794) [ Lotus corniculatus ]; C. discordella Zeller, 1849 ; C. flaviella Mann, 1857 ; C. frischella Linnaeus, 1758 ; C. gallipennella Huebner, 1796 ; C. lutipennella (Zeller, 1838) ; C. milvipennis Zeller, 1839 ; C. obscenella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) [ Solidago virgaurea ]; C. ochrea (Haworth, 1828) ; C. saponariella Heeger, 1888 ; C. serenella Zeller, 1849 ; C. serratella (Linnaeus, 1761) ; C. solitariella Zeller, 1849 ; C. spinella (Schrank, 1802) [ Crataegus monogyna ]; C. spiraeella Rebel, 1916 ; C. therinella Tengström, 1848 ; C. trifariella Zeller, 1849 ; C. vibicella (Huebner, 1813) ; C. vicinella Zeller, 1849 ; C. vulpecula Zeller, 1849 ; Cosmopterigidae : Cosmopterix eximia Haworth, 1828 [ Humulus lupulus ]; Tortricidae : Cydia strobilella (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Nepticulidae : Ectoedemia agrimoniae (Frey, 1858) [ Agrimonia eupatoria ]; Elachistidae : Elachista contaminatella Zeller, 1847 [ Carex distans ]; Elachistidae : Gravitarmata margarotana Zeller, 1847 ; Elachistidae : Millieria dolosalis Zeller, 1847 [ Aristolochia clematitis ]; Momphidae : Mompha conturbatella (Huebner, 1819) ; Tortricidae : Rhyacionia perangustana Snellen, 1883 .

Distribution in Turkey: Antalya, Hatay, Icel, Isparta ( Beyarslan, 1986a); Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag ( Beyarslan, 1987a); Balikesir, Isparta ( Beyarslan & Inanc, 1994); Imbros ( Beyarslan et al. 2002b); Tekirdag ( Beyarslan et al. 2006a); Amasya, Corum, Ordu, Samsun, Tokat ( Beyarslan et al. 2008a); Antalya, Bursa, Hatay, Icel, Isparta, Izmit ( Beyarslan, 1999); Bolu, Cankiri, Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak ( Beyarslan et al. 2005); Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Artvin, Bartin, Bayburt, Canakkale, Cankiri, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gumushane, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Konya, Malatya, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Yozgat, Zonguldak ( Beyarslan & Cetin Erdogan, 2012).

Distribution: Palaearctic; introduced into New Zealand.