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Parasitoid of Phyllonorycter intermixta - Goniozus

Parasitoid of Phyllonorycter intermixta - Goniozus
Stump Pond, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
August 9, 2012
Size: 2.1 mm
Emerged 8/8/12 from a hazelnut leaf mine collected 8/4/12.

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Parasitoid of Phyllonorycter intermixta - Goniozus Parasitoid of Phyllonorycter intermixta - Goniozus Parasitoid of Phyllonorycter intermixta - Goniozus

Moved
Moved from Bethylidae.
Sam Droege passed along this comment from Matt Buffington:
"Looks like Goniozus. Unfortunately, to get this to species, is non-trivial."

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
Never reared one of these before... I have the specimen, if anyone would like to examine it.

Bethylid…
Hosts include the larvae and pupae of both Coleoptera and Lepidoptera (usually in hidden situations).

See reference here.

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