Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) Author Zuparko, Robert L. text Zootaxa 2015 4017 1 1 126 journal article 39938 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1 086efdb4-44cf-4c0b-a796-1eb81f2cdd24 1175-5326 245475 BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A Epitetracnemus Girault 1915a [New state record] Hosts. Hemiptera : Asterolecaniidae , Coccidae , Diaspididae intersectus ( Fonscolombe 1832: 305 ) ( Encyrtus ) [ New state record ] (EMEC, RLZC) Type . Lost Distribution. W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Yuba) Host/habitat. Asterodiaspis mina , A . quercicola , Asterolecanium sp., Ceroplastes rubens , Diaspidiotus bavaricus , D . gigas , D . macroporanus , D . ostreaeformis , D . perniciosus , D . prunorum , D . pyri , Lepidoasphes tubulorum , L . ulmi , L . sp., Parthenolecanium rufulum , Pseudaonidia duplex , P . paeoniae , Pseudaulacaspis pentagona , Sphaerolecanium prunastri Remarks. De Santis (1989) reported Carulaspis minima (Signoret) as a host from Bermuda , while Noyes (2001) reported both C . minima and Lepidoasphes newsteadi (Ć ulc ) as hosts. These records appear to be erroneous, traceable to the biocontrol program directed against these two pests in Bermuda ( Bennett & Hughes 1959 ). Although E . intersectus was exported from Italy as part of this program, I could find no primary records indicating that this species was successfully reared from either host.