Contents 



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Introduction 1 



Field data requested from the col- 

 lectors 2 



Methods of handling field collec- 

 tions 2 



Parasitism and hyperparasitism — 3 



The insect lists 4 



Host-parasite list 4 



Lepidoptera 4 



Family Limacodidae 4 



Family Megalopygidae 7 



Family Zygaenidae 8 



Family Pyraustidae 8 



Family Pyralididae 12 



Family Epipaschiidae 12 



Family Phycitidae 14 



Family Pterophoridae 18 



Family Olethreutidae 20 



Family Tortricidae 27 



Family Phaloniidae 34 



Family Cossidae 34 



Family Cosmopterygidae 34 



Family Gelechiidae 34 



Family Oecophoridae 39 



Family Stenomidae 40 



Family Glyphipterygidae 40 



Family Aegeriidae 41 



Family Heliodinidae 41 



Family Plutellidae 42 



Family Yponomeutidae 42 



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Host-parasite list — Continued 

 Lepidoptera — Con tin ued 



Family Coleophoridae 42 



Family Gracillariidae 44 



Family Lyonetiidae 45 



Family Psychidae 46 



Family Tineidae 47 



Family Incurvariidae 47 



Parasite-host list 47 



Diptera 47 



Family Muscidae 47 



Family Bombyhidae 47 



Family Larvaevoridae (Tra- 



chinidae) 48 



Nematodes — 55 



Hymenoptera 55 



Family Braconidae.. 55 



Family Ichneumonidae 66 



Family Trichogrammatidae... 81 



Family Eulophidae 81 



Family Elasmidae 86 



Family Encyrtidae. 86 



Family Eupelmidae 87 



Family Perilampidae 87 



Family Tory midae _. __ 88 



Family Pteromalidae 88 



Family Eurytomidae 90 



Family Chalcididae 91 



Family Ceraphronidae 92 



Family Bethylidae 92 



Index 93 



IV 



