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Chalcid from Phyllonorycter mine - Achrysocharoides - male
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

Chalcid from Phyllonorycter mine - Achrysocharoides - Male
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
September 1, 2010
Size: ~1.5 mm

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Chalcid from Phyllonorycter mine - Achrysocharoides - male Chalcid from Phyllonorycter mine - Achrysocharoides - male Chalcid from Phyllonorycter mine - Achrysocharoides - male
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2010 - 8:12pm
Last updated 5 December, 2012 - 10:07am

Moved
Moved from Eulophidae.
Christer Hansson: "Achrysocharoides sp., a male"
… Charley Eiseman, 5 December, 2012 - 10:06am

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 September, 2010 - 9:28pm

Eulophidae…
The brilliant metallic coloration, short antennae, 4-segmented tarsi, and axilla extending past the tegula indicates this family. Eulophids seem to have a special fondness for leaf-mining moth larvae and pupae.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 27 September, 2010 - 9:25pm

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