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 glomerata (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: MALTA , Naxxar , 15. iii.2013, 3 exx., emerged from Pieris rapae , MZ, DMC; Qrendi , 8– 11.x.2016 , 290 exx., emerged from Pieris brassicae larvae feeding on Diplotaxis tenuifolia , which were collected on 6.x.2016 , LF, DMC; St. Thomas Bay, 30. xi.2013, 1 ♂ & 1♀ , reared from larva of Pieris brassicae , DM, DMC; Naxxar , i.2014, 1 ♂ & 2♀♀ , reared from larva of Pieris rapae , MZ, DMC [parasitoids determined by Mark Shaw; hosts determined by Michael Zerafa]. Notes: First reported from Malta by Valletta (1972) from larvae of Pieris brassicae . Farrugia (1995) also reared this parasitoid from the same host species. The records of Cotesia abjecta (Marshall, 1885) and Cotesia jucunda (Marshall, 1885) by Papp (2015) from Malta are incorect and should both refer to C. glomerata following re-examination of his cited material. Thus both C. abjecta and C. jucunda are removed from the braconid fauna of Malta . C. glomerata is a gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoid that commonly parasitizes larvae of Pieris brassicae . It also commonly parasitizes larvae of Pieris rapae , however the former is preferred over the latter ( Vos et al ., 1998 ).