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. 2022 Feb;99(1):1-11.
doi: 10.1007/s11230-021-10011-7. Epub 2021 Nov 13.

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 Binoy  1   2 , S Santhosh  3 , M Nasser  4
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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 Binoy et al. Syst Parasitol. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

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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