The first report of Agrypon canaliculatum (Hym.: Ichneumonidae) as parasitoid of Yponomeuta evonymella (Lep.: Yponomeutidae) from Iran

Abstract

During the study of natural enemies of insect pests of forest trees and shrubs in Arasbaran forest of Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, a number of larvae of Yponomeuta evonymella L. were collected on wild cherry trees. The specimens were reared in the laboratory, where parasitoid wasps of the family Ichneumonidae emerged and later identified as Agrypon canaliculatum (Ratzeburg, 1844). The identification was confirmed by the second author. This species is newly recorded from Iran.