Ermolaev I.V.1,2*, Kosheleva O.V.3, Tselikh E.V.4, Gavshin N.S.2, Belokobylski S.A.4* 2025. The comparison of the parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae, Eulophidae, Braconidae) of the poplar leaf miner Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on two species of poplars in the Glazov Town // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.4: 540–547 [in English].
1 Botanic Garden Institute, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Marta str. 202a, Ekaterinburg 620130 Russia.
2 Udmurt State University, Universitetskaya str. 1, Izhevsk 426034 Russia.
3 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo shosse 3, St Petersburg - Pushkin 196608 Russia.
4 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St Petersburg 199034 Russia.
* corresponding authors
Ivan Ermolaev ermolaev-i@yandex.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-6361
Oksana Kosheleva koscheleva_o@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-6438
Ekaterina Tselikh tselikhk@gmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-043X
Sergei Belokobylskij doryctes@gmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-3459
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.4.11
ABSTRACT. The assemblage of hymenopteran parasitoids associated with the poplar leaf miner, Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), developing on two poplars species (Populus balsamifera and P. × jackii) was studied in the Glazov Town of Udmurt Republic during 2023. A qualitative and quantitative comparison of miner parasitoid complexes on two poplar species revealed their significant similarity. Twenty species of Ph. populifoliella parasitoids were recorded, Cirrospilus diallus, C. elegantissimus, C. elongatus, C. pictus, Elachertus fenestratus, Pnigalio mediterraneus, P. soemius, Sympiesis acalle, S. gordius, S. laevifrons, S. sericeicornis, Chrysocharis laomedon, Ch. nephereus, Ch. pentheus, Closterocerus trifasciatus, Pediobius saulius, Baryscapus pospelovi, Minotetrastichus frontalis (Eulophidae), Pteromalus semotus (Pteromalidae), and Pholetesor circumscriptus (Braconidae). Four species of them, namely C. elongatus, S. laevifrons, B. pospelovi (Eulophidae) and P. semotus (Pteromalidae) were reported as the parasitoids of this miner for the first time. The rate of parasitism of the miner was negligible and ranged from 13.5 ± 2.9 (on P. × jackii) to 15.5 ± 2.0% (on P. balsamifera).
KEY WORDS: Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, parasitoid, rate of parasitism.