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
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1175-5326
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Aleiodes testaceus
(Telenga, 1941)
Material examined:
MALTA
, Buskett, 24.
v.2014,
1
♀, emerged from?
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
(Haworth)
(
Lepidoptera
:
Geometridae
) larva feeding on
Quercus ilex
, MZ, DMC [parasitoid and host determined by Mark Shaw].
Notes:
This species was previously recorded from
Malta
by
Papp (2015)
based on
2♀♀
without host data. It is a parasitoid of small
Geometridae
(
Eupithecia
and close relatives) associated with flowers, especially of trees such as
Quercus
and shrubby plants, but including field layer plants (van
Achterberg & Shaw, 2016
).