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; S Santhosh; M Nasser

doi:10.1007/s11230-021-10011-7

Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) of Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera, Tineidae): description of a new species and the male of Epitranus uterellophagus from southern India

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

Authors

C Binoy^{1

2}, S Santhosh³, M Nasser⁴

Affiliations

¹ Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India. binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in.
² Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in.
³ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India.
⁴ Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India.

PMID: 34773570
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-021-10011-7

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Hymenoptera*
India
Lepidoptera*
Male
Species Specificity