Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck, 1953) Muesebeck, 1953

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Long, Khuat Dang, 2010, Revision of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of Vietnam, with the description of forty-two new species and three new genera, ZooKeys 54, pp. 1-184 : 85-87

Therophilus festivus (Muesebeck, 1953) comb. n. Figs 276-280

Distribution.

NE Vietnam: Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc; NW Vietnam: Lao Cai; C Vietnam: Quang Tri and S Vietnam: Dong Nai. Outside Vietnam known from China (Jiangsu; Shandong; Shanghai; Taiwan; Zhejiang); India; Japan (including Okinawa); Korea; Nepal; Philippines (Mindoro); Russia (Far East). Introduced into U.S.A.

Biology.

Recorded as a parasitoid of Tortricidae , Pyralidae , Blastobasidae , Carposinidae , Noctuidae , Gelechiidae and Cossidae , but no reared material seen by us and such a wide host range seems most improbable.

Note.

One female from Cat Tien N.P. ( Ficus trail, 9-30.iv.2007) is a pale form with the pronotum, the mesopleuron dorsally and the mesoscutum orange brown (Fig. 277); normally the mesosoma is completely black (Fig. 276). The basal cell of the fore wing is densely or sparsely setose.