Report of the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia plutellae (Hym.: Braconidae), from Iran

This paper reports the occurrence of the hymenoterous parasitoid of the diamondback moth larvae in Iran. One species of Braconidae, Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov), was collected from larvae of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lep.: Plutellidae). This parasitoid, which belongs to the subfamily Microgastrinae, is newly recorded from Iran.