Host report of Hyposoter clausus (Brischke, 1880) (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae), a larval parasitoid of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae from cauliflower fields in Tehran

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A sampling was carried out to determin the parasitoid complex of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae in cauliflower fields at southern area of Tehran. The Ichneumonid parasitoid, Hyposoter clausus(Brischke, 1880) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) was reared from the larvae of Pieris rapae, which is a new host record for this parasitoid and expand its area of distribution in Tehran.Another species Cotesia glomerata L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was also reared from the larvae of cabbage white butterfly at the same region.

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