Meloboris

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 : 50

Meloboris sp.

Material examined: MALTA, Mtaħleb, 11. iv.2008, 1 ♀, emerged from Coleophora helianthemella Miller ( Lepidoptera : Coleophoridae ), MZ, NMS [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa].

Notes: This genus has not previously been recorded from the Maltese Islands. Meloboris species are koinobiont endoparasitoids of various groups of Lepidoptera ; nevertheless, a Coleophora species seems an improbable host and a small parasitoid cocoon overlooked on vegetation seems a more plausible source.