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
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journal article
28366
10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3
08a63c3c-ef37-4a13-ad59-436532201c95
1175-5326
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Cotesia vestalis
(Haliday, 1834)
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Naxxar
, 26.
vi.2012, 1
♂, reared from a larva of a
Plusiinae
,
MZ
,
DMC
[parasitoid determined by
Mark Shaw
; host determined by
Michael Zerafa
]
.
Notes:
The above cited material was incorrectly identified and cited as
C. ruficrus
(Haliday)
by
Papp (2015)
.
Cotesia vestalis
(=
plutellae
Kurdjumov) is a well-known koinobiont endoparasitoid of the plutellid,
Plutella xylostella
(Linnaeus)
but parasitises several other low-feeding hosts including species of
Noctuidae
and
Nymphalidae
.