Baryscapus evonymellae (Bouché, 1834) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a hyperparasitoid of Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Iran

Abstract

Baryscapus evonymellae (Bouché, 1834) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) was rediscovered on Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) attacked by different parasitoids. This species had already been reported under different names; therefore, its inaccurate identifications were corrected. It was reared as a larval and pupal hyperparasitoid of two important primary parasitoids of L. wiltshirei including Brachymeria tibialis Steffan, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae), and Dolichogenidea persica Abdoli, Mohammadi, Sedaratian-Jahromi & Farahani, 2023 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). The last parasitoid-hyperparasitoid association is new. Its morphological characters were illustrated and its biological data and main characteristics were discussed.

Keywords

• braconidae
• biocontrol
• chalcididae
• forest
• parasitoid
• pest
• zagros