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
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47
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journal article
28366
10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3
08a63c3c-ef37-4a13-ad59-436532201c95
1175-5326
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Lysitermus tritoma
(Bouček, 1956)
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Mosta
Valley,
v.2010,
1
♂ &
2♀♀
, emerged from larvae of
Eudarcia derrai
(Gaedike)
(
Lepidoptera
:
Tineidae
), which were collected on
22.i.2010
, MZ, NMS [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
New record for the Maltese Islands. Hosts of this species were not previously known, however
Jonsell
et al
. (2016)
suggest that it is a parasitoid of
Lepidoptera
and it is almost certainly an idiobiont ectoparasitoid.