A new species of Pnigalio (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Eriocrania semipurpurella alpina (Lepidoptera, Eriocraniidae) in China, with its biology and a key to Chinese known species

By

Li, Tao
Yang, Zhong-Qi
Sun, Shu-Ping
Wang, Rong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

687

Pages

149-159

Subjects

Betula , Ectoparasitoid , Eriocrania semipurpurella alpina , Eulophinae , new species , Pnigalio

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.687.14903

 

Abstract

A new species of Eulophinae,Pnigalio eriocraniaeLi & Yang,sp. n., is described and illustrated. This new species is a larval ectoparasitoid ofEriocrania semipurpurella alpinaXu (Lepidoptera, Eriocraniidae), a leaf miner in birch trees,Betulaspp. (Betulaceae), in Qinghai Province, northwest China. The biology of the new species and a key to the known species from China are provided.