Dolichogenidea persica sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), as a parasitoid of Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Iran.

Autor: Abdoli, Parisa, Mohammadi, Hojjatollah, Sedaratian-Jahromi, Amin, Farahani, Samira
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Zdroj: Biologia; Feb2024, Vol. 79 Issue 2, p457-463, 7p
Abstrakt: Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938, is a monophagous pest feeding on green leaves of Quercus brantii Lindl. that can cause complete defoliation. During the studies conducted for the identification of biological control agents for L. wiltshirei, a new braconid wasp (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) was collected from oak forests of Basht county located in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in spring of 2022. Dolichogenidea persicasp. n. is illustrated, described and compared with other species of the genus in Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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