Aleiodes bicolor (Spinola, 1808)

Beyarslan, Ahmet, Gadallah, Neveen S. & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Microtypinae and Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4291 (1), pp. 99-116 : 103

Aleiodes bicolor (Spinola, 1808)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Guilan, Qazvin, Tehran ( Farahani et al. 2015), Fars ( Lashkari Bod et al. 2011), Isfahan ( Ghahari et al. 2011a), Kerman ( Asadizade et al. 2014; Abdolalizadeh et al. 2017), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009 as Rogas bicolor Spinola, 1808 ; Farahani et al. 2015), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hedwig 1957 as Rhogas difficilis Kokujev and as Rhogas incertus Kokujev ), Iran (no specific locality) ( Telenga 1941; Shenefelt 1975 as Aleiodes basalis (Costa) , as A. bicolor and as A. difficilis Kokujev ; Fallahzadeh & Saghaei 2010; Papp 2011–2012; Yu et al. 2012).

General distribution. Entire Palaearctic. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Switzerland, Tunisia, UK, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Algeria ( Shenefelt 1975 as Rogas bicolorinus Fahringer ), Austria ( Shenefelt 1975 as Aleiodes basalis (Costa) and as Rogas praerogator (Nees)) , England, Scotland, Wales ( Broad et al. 2016), Ireland ( Yu et al. 2012; Broad et al. 2016), Siberia, Sweden (Shenefelt 1975 as Aleiodes basalis (Costa)), Turkey ( Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015).

Hosts. Lepidoptera—Crambidae: Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761) ; Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758) ; P. sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) . Erebidae : Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) . Geometridae : Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761) ; Apocheima cinerarius Erschoff, 1874 ; Eupithecia linariata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) . Lycaenidae : Lycaeides idas (Linnaeus, 1761) ; Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ; A. artaxerxes (Fabricus, 1775) ; Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) ; C. minimus (Fuessly, 1775) ; Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) ; Polyommatus albicans Gerhard, 1851 ; P. damon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 ; P. eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) ; P. icarus (Rottemberg, 1775) [ Medicago sativa ]. Noctuidae : Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766) . Nymphalidae : Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) . Pterophoridae : Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus 1758) ; Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner 1813) . Zygaenidae : Jordanita chloros (Hübner, 1813) ; J. graeca ( Jordan, 1907) ; Rhagades pruni (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ; Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Z. lonice rae (Scheven, 1777); Z. purpuralis (Brünnich, 1763) ; Z. viciae (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ( Yu et al. 2012) .