Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Alien (Intentionally introduced)

Introduction year/period 

1965 (Demetriou et al. 2023)

Origin

NEO

Present in: 

AFR, AUS, IND, NEA, NEO, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species is present within administrative region Famagusta.

First record from Cyprus: 

Trjapitzin 1989

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

Parasitoid of Gelechiidae and Tortricidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Phthorimaea operculella

Conservation

IUCN Red List Category

(NE) DD LC NT VU EN CR EX

Not Evaluated

Conservation measures in place/needed

No measures in place.

Threats

No threats identified.

Presence within protected areas

Unknown.

References

Demetriou J, Radea C, Peyton JM, Groom Q, Roques A, Rabitsch W, Seraphides N, Arianoutsou M, Roy HE, Martinou AF (2023) The Alien to Cyprus Entomofauna (ACE) database: a review of the current status of alien insects (Arthropoda, Insecta) including an updated species checklist, discussion on impacts and recommendations for informing management. NeoBiota 83: 11-42.

Guerrieri E, Noyes JS (2005) Revision of the European species of Copidosoma Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of caterpillars (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 30(1): 139.

Noyes JS (2019) Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids

Noyes JS, Hayat M (1994) Oriental mealybug parasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) pp.423 CAB International, Oxon, UK.

Trjapitzin VA (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 158:338 Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSR, Leningrad.