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
Parablastothrix
Mercet 1917
Hosts.
Lepidoptera
:
Gracillariidae
,
Heliozelidae
,
Lyonetiidae
,
Nepticulidae
nearctica
Miller 1965
: 751
Type
.
CNC
Distribution.
N (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma)
Host/habitat.
Bucculatrix albertiella
,
Coptodisca powellella
,
C
. sp.,
Obrussa
sp.,
Phyllonorycter sandraella
,
Stigmella variella
;
NEW
:
Cameraria
sp.,
Nepticula rhamnicola
,
N
. sp.
,
Stigmella
sp. (all EMEC)
Remarks.
This species is a solitary parasitoid, which suggests it is monoembryonic, an unusual condition for a representative of the Copidosomatini, where this genus is placed (
Zuparko 1995b
).
spp.
Remarks.
A single female, representing a species distinct from
P
.
nearctica
, was collected from a
Salix
sp. in Lassen County (RLZC). A male specimen undetermined to species was collected in Inyo County (UCDC).