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Parasitoids of European species of the genus Yponomeuta Latreille 1796 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae): new findings with an updated checklist

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The species of the genus Yponomeuta Latreille (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) are known as ermine moths and can be found on various host plant species, sometimes appearing as pests. They are attacked by a wide range of parasitoids. We studied parasitoid complexes of several communities in Austria, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Sweden during 2014–2018. From four species, Yponomeuta cagnagella (Hübner), Yponomeuta evonymella (Linnaeus), Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller and Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus), we reared 15 parasitoid species of seven hymenopteran and one dipteran family. In this study, the family Ichneumonidae is the most numerous, while Ageniaspis fuscicollis (Dalman) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was found in all four Yponomeuta species. Within reared parasitoids, A. fuscicollis is new record for Slovenia and Austria, Baryscapus evonymellae (Bouché) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Diadegma armillatum (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are new records for Slovenia and Agrypon canaliculatum (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Dolichogenidea dilecta (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Elasmus steffani Viggiani (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Herpestomus brunnicornis (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Trieces tricarinatus (Holmgren) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and Mesochorus nuncupator (Panzer) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are new records for Serbia. Also, Yponomeuta cagnagella is a new host record for Pteromalus semotus (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and Y. padella for E. steffani. Finally, we reviewed parasitoids of European Yponomeuta species and their associated host plants. In total 154 species are recorded from nine hymenopteran and one dipteran family.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia by Grant III 43001. Contribution of the author Ehsan Rakhshani was supported by the grant no. UOZ-GR-9517-2, University of Zabol, Iran. We also thank to Dawid Marczak from Kampinos National Park, Poland.

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  1. Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

    Vladimir Žikić, Saša S. Stanković & Maja Lazarević

  2. Plant Protection Research Department, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tabriz, Iran

    Hossein Lotfalizadeh

  3. Biologiezentrum, J.W. Kleinstr. 73, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Martin Schwarz

  4. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1111, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Katarina Kos

  5. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P.O. Box: 98615-538, Zabol, I. R., Iran

    Ehsan Rakhshani

  6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany

    Hans-Peter Tschorsnig

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Literature data on parasitoid diversity of European species of the genus Yponomeuta. Ichneumonid species marked with an asterisk denotate doubtful host finding. (DOCX 54 kb)

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Žikić, V., Lotfalizadeh, H., Schwarz, M. et al. Parasitoids of European species of the genus Yponomeuta Latreille 1796 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae): new findings with an updated checklist. Phytoparasitica 46, 617–626 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-018-0703-5

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