Meteorus cinctellus (Spinola, 1808)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Achterberg, Kees Van, 2016, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4072 (1), pp. 1-38 : 10

Meteorus cinctellus (Spinola, 1808)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Farahani and Talebi 2012; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835 as Perilitus cinctellus , and as P. fuscipes ; Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Germany, Hungary, Sweden ( Szépligeti 1904; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Europe ( Huddleston 1980), Far East of Russia, Japan, Korea ( Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), France ( Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013), Greece ( Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Cobelli 1905; Yu et al. 2012), Madeira (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al. 2012), New Zealand ( Huddleston 1986; Yu et al. 2012), Norway ( Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg and Hansen 2013), UK ( Marshall 1887 as M. tenellus ; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).

Host records. Meteorus cinctellus is recorded as the parasitoid on the leaf roller moth Gypsonoma neglectana Duponchel ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) ( Silvestri 1917; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg and Hansen 2013). It is also reared from Crambus uliginosellus Zeller , Eudonia angustea (Curtis) , Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller) , Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus) , Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke) , Eudonia truncicolella (Stainton) ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ) (Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013).