First recorder of a new parasitoid on codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. belongs to Tachinidae family in Syria

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This Sudy were conducted over a period 2011- 2013 in Bushraghi (Lattakia/Syria) in west of Syria on two plant hosts (apple and walnut).

A number of parasitoids emerged in the laboratory from the field-collected larvae, including tachinids that were kindly determined by Hans-Peter Tschorsnig of the Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany.

A new tachinid species (Diptera: Tachinidae) collected from apple and walnut orchards parasite on Cydia pomonella in Lattakia Governorate (Syria).

The new species di^inguish and identified as Neoplectops pomonellae.

The parasitoid has been reported for the fir^ time in Syria on larva of Codling moth in two plant host apple and walnut.