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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Meteorus pulchricornis
(Wesamel, 1835)
Material examined:
MALTA
, Buskett, 25.
v.2014,
2
♂♂, from larvae of
Xanthia ruticilla
(Esper)
(
Lepidoptera
:
Noctuidae
), MZ, DMC [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
New record for the Maltese Islands. It is a koinobiont larval endoparasitoid with an exceptionally wide recorded host range that extends to fifteen families (in ten superfamilies) of
Lepidoptera
and includes numerous
Noctuidae (
Maeto, 2018
)
.