Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan

Yefremova, Zoya A., 2015, An annotated checklist of the Eulophidae (excl. Tetrastichinae) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Israel, Zootaxa 3957 (1), pp. 1-36 : 5

5. Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan

Material examined. 1 ♀, Israel, Mt. Carmel, Nahal Oren, sweeping, 14.iv.2006 (A. Freidberg). 1 ♀, Hosha’ya, ex. Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Zeller) on Quercus ithaburensis 17.iii.2013 (W. Kuslitzky).

Hosts. Ectoparasitoid of Phyllonorycter sp. and Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) ( Argov & Rössler 1996); new host-record Ph. quercifoliella on Quercus ithaburensis .

Distribution. Israel ( Argov & Rössler 1996, 1998); Australia, Indo-Malayan ( Argov & Rössler 1996; Lotfalizadeh & Delvare 2011), and Palearctic ecorealms (Zhu et al. 2002; Yefremova et al. 2007).

Remarks. Argov and Rössler (1996, 1998) obtained a total of 160 adults of C. ingenuus (identified as C. quadristriatus ) from Thailand, Australia and Florida, of which specimens from Thailand were released in Israel starting September, 1994. Since then, 2,000 adults have been released throughout the country, with recovery observed at several release sites.