Braconid and ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid wasps of Lepidoptera from the Maltese Islands Author Mifsud, David Author Farrugia, Lucia Author Shaw, Mark R. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-03-14 4567 1 47 60 journal article 28366 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3 08a63c3c-ef37-4a13-ad59-436532201c95 1175-5326 2593032 B1916909-5696-44EF-AC8F-E41CDF1E6DA8 Iconella ? meruloides (Nixon, 1965) Material examined: MALTA , Wied Għollieqa, 29. vii.2016, 1 ♂, emerged from Ceratonia siliqua seed pods infested with larvae of Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ), LF, NMS; Wied Għollieqa, 9.ix.– 1. x.2016, 2 ♂♂ & 1♀ , emerged from Ceratonia siliqua seed pods infested with larvae of Apomyelois ceratoniae , LF, NMS [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa]. Notes: The material is definitely not atributable to the related Iconella myeloenta (Wilkinson, 1937) although that is a well-known parasitoid of A. ceratoniae . Although smaller and possibly with a slightly longer ovipositor it agrees well with the type of I. meruloides , known as a parasitoid of the unrelated Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) ( Nixon, 1976 ). New record for the Maltese Islands, but its identity is in doubt pending further material. It is a koinobiont endoparasitoid.