Bracon (Bracon) pectoralis (Wesmael, 1838)

Beyarslan, Ahmet, 2014, Checklist of Braconinae species of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 201-242 : 207

Bracon (Bracon) pectoralis (Wesmael, 1838)

Bracon pectoralis Wesmael, 1838 . II, 12.

Bracon (Bracon) pectoralis: Fahringer, 1927 . I (4-6), 332.

Synonyms: Bracon obscuricornis Szépligeti, 1896 ; B. ochrosus Szépligeti, 1896 ; B. sulphurator Szépligeti, 1896 .

Biology: Biocontrol of Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) ( Lepidoptera , Pyralidae ).

Hosts: Coleoptera , Curculionidae : Larinus flavescens Germar, 1824 . Diptera , Tephritidae : Xyphosia miliari (Schrank, 1781) . Hymenoptera , Cynipidae : Aphelonyx cerricola (Girayd, 1859) . Lepidoptera , Alucitidae : Alucita hexadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) A. huebneri Wallengren, 1859 ; Gelechiidae : Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789) ; Pyralidae : Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) ; Tortricidae : Aethes francillana (Fabricius, 1794) .

Parasitoids: Hymenoptera , Torymidae : Exopristus trigonomerus (Masi, 1916) , Ichneumonidae : Scambus elegans (Woldstedt, 1877) .

Distribution in Turkey: Kayseri ( Kohl, 1905); Adana, Antalya, Burdur, Hatay, Icel, Isparta, ( Beyarslan, 1986b); Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag ( Beyarslan, 1987a); Adana, Adapazari, Antalya, Balikesir, Bilecik, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Edirne, Hatay, Isparta, Izmit, Kirklareli, Tekirdag, Van ( Beyarslan, 1999); Imbros, Tenedos ( Beyarslan et al. 2002b); Bartin, Bolu, Cankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak ( Beyarslan et al. 2005); Tekirdag ( Beyarslan et al. 2006a); Ankara ( Guler & Cagatay, 2007); Amasya, Corum, Samsun, Tokat ( Beyarslan et al. 2008a); Adana, Afyon, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bayburt, Canakkale, Corum, Denizli, Elazig, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gumushane, Icel, Imbros, Isparta, Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Konya, Malatya, Nevsehir, Nigde, Samsun, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Tunceli ( Beyarslan & Cetin Erdogan, 2012); Adıyaman, Bitlis (Beyaraslan et al. 2014).

Distribution: Palaearctic.