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
Glypta
sp.
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Naxxar
, 27.
vi.2014,
1
♂, emerged from larva of
Cydia
sp. feeding on
Vicia faba
green seeds. Larva was collected on
iv.2013
, MZ, NMS [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
This genus was never previously recorded from the Maltese Islands. However, it is a very large genus of koinobiont endoparasitoids of almost exclusively tortricid hosts, and undoubtedly several species will be found to occur in
Malta
.