Habrobracon pillerianae Fischer, 1980

Loni, Augusto, Samartsev, Konstantin G., Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi, Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Lucchi, Andrea, 2016, Braconinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) emerged from larvae of Lobesiabotrana (Denis & Schiffermueller) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) feeding on Daphnegnidium L., ZooKeys 587, pp. 125-150 : 131-132

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Habrobracon pillerianae Fischer, 1980

Habrobracon pillerianae Fischer, 1980: 150; Yu et al. 2012.

Material examined.

5 females and 2 males, June 27, 2014 (3 females and 1 female + 2 males from the same host larva); 2 females and 1 male (1 male and 1 female reared from the same host larva) July 23, 2014; 1 female, 4 males, July 31, 2014; 1 female September 10, 2014.

Six specimens of this species were described by Fischer (1980) which were reared from larvae of Sparganothis pilleriana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ( Lepidoptera Tortricidae ) in Ankara Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey ( Fischer 1980). To date, this is the only paper reporting original information on this species ( Yu et al. 2012). We obtained this species in our rearing programme from June 27 to September 10, 2014. The dates of the emergence of the specimens well fitted with those reported by Fisher, who described Habrobracon pillerianae from specimens collected on July 20, 1976. Also in this species the larvae developed both solitary and gregariously, with up to three individuals feeding on the same host larva (Fig. 4A, C). This is the first report of this species for Italy and Europe as well as the first association with Lobesia botrana . Figure 8 shows various morphological features of this species.