Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) Author Zuparko, Robert L. text Zootaxa 2015 4017 1 1 126 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1 086efdb4-44cf-4c0b-a796-1eb81f2cdd24 1175-5326 245475 BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A Leptomastidea Mercet 1916 Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae abnormis ( Girault 1915c: 184 ) ( Paraleptomastix ) Type . USNM Distribution. E (Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Yuba ) Host/habitat. Dysmicoccus brevipes , D . ryani , Ferrisia virgata , Formicococcus njalensis , Phenacoccus gossypii , P . sp., Planococcus citri , P . ficus , P . kenyae , P . kraunhiae , P . sp. nr. ficus , P . vovae , Pseudococcus calceolariae , P . comstocki , P . cryptus , P . longispinus , P . maritimus , P . viburni , P . sp. Saccharicoccus sacchari Remarks. This species was established in 1914, when it was imported from Sicily in a biocontrol program against P . citri ( Bartlett 1978c ) . It is now reared in commercial insectaries and continues to be used against several mealybug species. In the 1990s, additional stock was imported from the Middle East and released in Riverside County ( González 1998 ), while further releases have been made in Fresno County.