Report of Gregopimpla malacosomae (Hym.: Ichneumonidae), parasitoid of Malacosoma castrense (Lep.: Lasiocampidae), from Iran

Abstract

Gregopimpla malacosomae (Seyrig) was collected and identified as a parasitoid of Malacosoma castrense (L.), during the research on the bioecology of the latter species in Shohada (Gasemloo) valley, Urmia. This Ichneumonid wasp is a new record for Iran.