Diadegma albotibiale - first records in Hungary of the Diadegma albotibiale wasp from the newly described moth
A new paper in Folia Entomologica Hungarica Rovartani Közlemények reports the first specimens of Diadegma albotibiale from Hungary. The specimens were reared from the newly described moth Coleophora cytisicolella.
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About the study
The paper presents the first records from Hungary of Diadegma albotibiale Horstmann, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Campopleginae). The wasps emerged from cocoons of Coleophora cytisicolella, the casebearer moth recently described from Hungary and Austria. Discovery of the new moth species thus also yielded the first Hungarian specimens of this ichneumon wasp.
The genus Diadegma comprises koinobiont endoparasitoids that develop almost exclusively on lepidopteran larvae. Diadegma albotibiale was originally described from Italy and Finland; it has since been reported from Poland, Croatia, and now Hungary. The paper reports Coleophora cytisicolella as a new host species; previously known hosts were other Coleophora species. The species is included in the Hungarian species list on the basis of these first records.
Source
Affected species:
- order: Hymenoptera
- family: Ichneumonidae
- genus: Diadegma
- species: Diadegma albotibiale