Choeras dorsalis (Spinola, 1808)

Mifsud, David, Farrugia, Lucia & Shaw, Mark R., 2019, Braconid and ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid wasps of Lepidoptera from the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 4567 (1), pp. 47-60 : 55

Choeras dorsalis (Spinola, 1808)

Material examined: MALTA, Binġemma, 2–3. vi.2014, 2 ♂♂, emerged from larvae of Nothris verbascella on Verbascum , MZ, DMC; Bingemma, 11. v.2014, 1 ♀, reared from larva of Nothris verbascella Denis & Schiffermüller ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ), MZ, DMC; Fawwara, 28–29. iii.2006, 1 ♂ & 3♀♀, reared from larva of Avaria hyeranana (Milliére) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), MZ, DMC; Mosta Valley, 24. vi.2014, 1 ♀, emerged from Lepidoptera larva feeding on Dittrichia viscosa , MZ, DMC [parasitoid identified by Mark Shaw; host identified by Michael Zerafa].

Notes: Choeras dorsalis was previously reported from Malta by Papp (2015) whose identification is here confirmed. It is a koinobiont endoparasitoid recorded from several families of Lepidoptera larvae ( Arthur & Mason, 1986; Yu et al., 2012).