Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) of Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera, Tineidae): description of a new species and the male of Epitranus uterellophagus from southern India.
C BinoyS SanthoshMannankadiyan NasserPublished in: Systematic parasitology (2021)
Neohaltichella uterellophaga Binoy, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Haltichellinae) parasitizing the pupa of household-case bearer moth Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) is described with illustrations from southern India (Kerala). Host record for the genus Neohaltichella on Tineidae (Lepidoptera) is newly recorded. A male specimen of Epitranus uterellophagus Binoy & Santhosh hitherto unknown is also described with illustrations parasitizing case-bearer moth pupa.
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