Populus leaf-miner Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke) (Lep.: Gracillariidae), a new host of Cirrospilus talitzkii Bouček (Hym.: Eulophidae)

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Somayeh Sadeghi ¹ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد گروه گیاه‌پزشکی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز)
Hosseinali Lotfalizadeh ² (بخش تحقیقات گیاه‌پزشکی، مرکز تحقیقات کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی استان آذربایجان‌‌شرقی)
Shahzad Iranipour ³ (گروه گیاه‌پزشکی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه تبریز)
Helen Alipanah ⁴ (بخش تحقیقات رده‌بندی حشرات، مؤسسه‌ی تحقیقات گیاه‌پزشکی کشور، تهران)

Received: 2011-07-25 Accepted : 2011-12-25 Published : 2012-02-20

Keywords: Iran, parasitoid, West-Azarbaijan, Lepidoptera, leaf-miner, Populus,

Abstract :

This study was conducted in 2009 in some parts of Shahindezh (south of Azarbaijan-e Gharbi, Iran) in order  to indentify parasitoids of Populus leaf-miner Phyllonorycter populifoliella(Treitschke)(Lep.: Gracillariidae). Sampling program was performed in Mahmud-Abad region weekly. A parasitoid wasp, Cirrospilus talitzkii Bouček  (Hym.: Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) was identified that is reported for the first time on Populus leaf-miner.

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