Amene Karami - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Ali Asghar Talebi - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Ebrahim Gilasian - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
Yaghoub Fathipour - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Mehrabadi - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, ۱۷۷۳) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), is one of the most important pests of forest trees in northern Iran. In order to identify the native parasitoids of this pest a survey was conducted in Guilan province, in ۲۰۱۹. The larvae and pupae of the fall webworm suspected being parasitized, were collected from different host trees and wood piles, and reared under laboratory conditions until the parasitoids emerged. This pest was found parasitized with five species of Hymenoptera, Brachymeria lasus (Walker, ۱۸۴۱) (Chalcididae), Chouioia cunea Yang, ۱۹۸۹ (Eulophidae), Psychophagus omnivorus (Walker, ۱۸۳۵) (Pteromalidae), Pimpla rufipes Brulle, ۱۸۴۶, Virgichneumon dumeticola (Gravenhorst, ۱۸۲۹) (Ichneumonidae), and four species of Diptera, Compsilura concinnata (Meigen, ۱۸۲۴), Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, ۱۷۵۸), Pales sp. (Tachinidae), and Megaselia scalaris (Loew, ۱۸۶۶) (Phoridae). Among them six species (e.g., P. rufipes, V. dumeticola, B. lasus, E. larvarum, C. concinnata and Pales sp.) are newly reported as the parasitoids of H. cunea from Iran.

Invasive pest, conservation, parasitoid, Tachinidae, Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea