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Dolichogenidea persica sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), as a parasitoid of Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Iran

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Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938, is a monophagous pest feeding on green leaves of Quercus brantii Lindl. that can cause complete defoliation. During the studies conducted for the identification of biological control agents for L. wiltshirei, a new braconid wasp (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) was collected from oak forests of Basht county located in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in spring of 2022. Dolichogenidea persica sp. n. is illustrated, described and compared with other species of the genus in Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions.

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The financial support of this work by Yasouj University is greatly appreciated. We also thank to Dr. José L. Fernández-Triana (Canadian National Collection of Insects) for his guidance on this paper.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Parisa Abdoli

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Hojjatollah Mohammadi & Amin Sedaratian-Jahromi

  3. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Samira Farahani

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Abdoli, P., Mohammadi, H., Sedaratian-Jahromi, A. et al. Dolichogenidea persica sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), as a parasitoid of Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Iran. Biologia 79, 457–463 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01532-1

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