Apanteles candidatus (Haliday, 1834)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, 2015, Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4043 (1), pp. 1-69 : 7

Apanteles candidatus (Haliday, 1834)

Distribution in Iran. Ilam ( Ghahari et al. 2011d as Dolichogenidea candidata ), Lorestan ( Ghahari et al. 2012b as Dolicogenidea candidata ).

Distribution outside Iran. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cape Verde Islands, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, UK, Uzbekistan, former Yug oslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Finland, France, Netherlands ( Shenefelt 1972), Turkey ( Inanç & Beyarslan 1990, 2001).

Host records. Paraswammerdamia lutarea ( Shenefelt 1972; Nixon 1973; Papp 1988; Yu et al. 2012). Shenefelt (1972) recorded the following hosts: Acrobasis consociella , Anthophila pariana , Archips piceana , A. podana , Ditula angustiorana , Blastodacna atra , Caloptilia populetorum , Chorestoneura murinana , Choreutis nemorana , Clavigesta sylvestrana , Lasionycta proxima , Malacosoma neustria , Panolis piniperda , Perrisia pyri , Phyllonorcter corylifoliella , Pieris brassicae , Recurvaria leucatella , Solenobia inconspicuella , Tortrix buoliana , T. resinanae and Zeiraphera rufimitrana . Papp (1988) cited as host of this species Acrolepia pygmaeana , Agonopterix ocellana , Anarsia eleagnella , A. lineatella , Anthophila fabriciana , Argyresthia pruniella , Blastodacna atra , Bucculatrix cristatella , Callisto denticulella , Caloptilia populetorum , Carcina quercana , Carpatolechia proximella , Choreutis nemorana , Ch. pariana , Diurnea fagella , Gracillaria anastomosis , Mompha subbistrigella , Paraswammerdamia albicapitella , Phyllonorycter corylifoliella , Plutella maculipennis , Prays oleae , Solenobia inconspicuella , S. lichenella and Swammerdamia pyrella . Also, other species as Abraxas grossulariata, Diurna lipsiella, Euproctis chrysorrhoea , Gracillaria syringella , Hedya dimioalba , Pandemis cerasana , Paraswammerdamia lutarea , Spilonota ocellana and Swammerdamia caesiella were recorded by Yu et al. (2012). Tobias (1986) and Papp (1988) reported Atemelia torquatella . It has also been reported from Dasystoma salicella , Recurvaria leucatella , and Dichomeris fasciella ( Tobias 1986) .