A new species of Iconella (Mason, 1981) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a parasitoid of Melitara subumbrella (Dyar, 1925) cactus moth larvae from New Mexico with biological notes and an updated key to the American Iconella species

A new species of Iconella (Mason, 1981) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a parasitoid of Melitara subumbrella (Dyar, 1925) cactus moth larvae from New Mexico with biological notes and an updated key to the American Iconella species

We describe the wasp Iconella melitaraevora sp. nov. (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a parasitoid of Melitara subumbrella caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae). Multiple wasp cohorts were reared from hosts collected in a montane dryland habitat of New Mexico, USA. This is the first case of...

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Main Authors: Colin R. Morrison, Wyatt R. Armstrong, Robert M. Plowes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, José L. Fernández-Triana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2025-04-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/151036/download/pdf/
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