Eulophid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of the horse chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), from İstanbul, Turkey

Authors

HACI HÜSEYİN CEBECİ
GISELHER GRABENWEGER
HAMİT AYBERK

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1002-94

Abstract

The eulophid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of Cameraria ohridella Deschka and Dimic (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) in İstanbul were determined for the first time. Horse chestnut leaves infested with leafminers were collected in 2008 and adult parasitoids were obtained in emergence cages in the laboratory. A total of 10 eulophid parasitoid species were identified, 5 of which, namely Cirrospilus viticola (Rondani), Pnigalio mediterraneus (Ferriére and Delucchi), Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees), M. platanellus (Mercet), and Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, were recorded for the first time in Turkey. All of the identified parasitoid species have already been reported as parasitoids of C. ohridella in countries of Europe. Therefore, our findings are in accordance with these studies carried out in European countries.

Keywords

Cameraria ohridella, parasitoids, Eulophidae, new records, İstanbul, Turkey

First Page

777

Last Page

780

Recommended Citation

CEBECİ, HACI HÜSEYİN; GRABENWEGER, GISELHER; and AYBERK, HAMİT (2011) "Eulophid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of the horse chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), from İstanbul, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 35: No. 5, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1002-94
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol35/iss5/17