AnimaliaHymenopteraBraconidaeScaramozzinoPier LuigiLoniAugustoLucchiAndreaA review of insect parasitoids associated with Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) in Italy. 1. Diptera Tachinidae and Hymenoptera Braconidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)Zookeys231201720176476710010.3897/zookeys.647.11098 Agathis malvacearum Latreille, 1805 Agathis malvacearum Moleas 1979, 1995, Coscollá 1997, Hoffman and Michl 2003Italian distribution of reared parasitoids.

Apulia: Moleas 1979, 1995

Distribution.

Spread in Central and Southern Europe, UK, Finland, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Canada (Quebec), USA (some States bordering Canada) (Yu et al. 2012).

Host range.

Agathis malvacearum lives on 7 species of moths: 2 Coleophoridae, 3 Gelechiidae, 1 Pterophoridae and 1 Tortricidae (Yu et al. 2012).

Ecological role.

This species was obtained in low numbers during a three-year investigation in vineyards of table grapes in five locations of Apulia and has been associated to EGVM only by Moleas (1979).

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