Apanteles albipennis (Nees, 1834)

Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi, Loni, Augusto & Lucchi, Andrea, 2017, A review of insect parasitoids associated with Lobesiabotrana (Denis & Schiffermueller, 1775) in Italy. 1. DipteraTachinidae and HymenopteraBraconidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), ZooKeys 647, pp. 67-100 : 83

Apanteles albipennis (Nees, 1834)

Apanteles albipennis Laccone 1978

Italian distribution of reared parasitoids.

Apulia: Laccone 1978

Distribution.

Palaearctic species, widespread in Europe and in the former Soviet Union up to the east coast.

Host range.

Yu (1997-2012) provides a list of 33 species of Lepidopteran hosts including Tortricidae , Gelechiidae , Pterophoridae , Coleophoridae , Pyralidae and other families, plus two erroneous records: one species of Buprestidae and one of Curculionidae ( Coleoptera ). Among the hosts of Apanteles albipennis is also recorded Sparganothis pilleriana ( Ruschka and Fulmek 1915).

Ecological role.

Specimens of this species were rarely obtained from EGVM larvae of first and second generation collected on vine in Apulia ( Laccone 1978).