Trichogramma manicobai Brun, Moraes & Soares, 1984

Querino, Ranyse B. & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2019, Annotated checklist and illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South America, Zootaxa 4656 (2), pp. 201-231 : 211-212

Trichogramma manicobai Brun, Moraes & Soares, 1984

Diagnosis. Dorsal lamina with distinct lateral lobes, extending beyond lateral margin of the genital capsule; intervolsellar process distinct and short, with apical constriction.

Comments. This species can be readily separated from all other South American species by the dorsal lamina with lateral lobes extending laterally beyond the margin of the genital capsule. Trichogramma manicobai is one of the South American species that parasitize Erinnyis ello exclusively ( Vieira et al. 2014). It was redescribed by Querino et al. (2017).

Type repository. Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (not found).

Type locality. Felixlândia, MG.

Distribution in South America. Brazil.

Host. Erinnyis ello (L., 1758) ( Lepidoptera : Sphingidae ), a major cassava pest in Brazil.