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 60 journal article 28366 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3 08a63c3c-ef37-4a13-ad59-436532201c95 1175-5326 2593032 B1916909-5696-44EF-AC8F-E41CDF1E6DA8 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 .