Aleiodes testaceus (Telenga, 1941)

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 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1916909-5696-44EF-AC8F-E41CDF1E6DA8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5944644
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287F8-FB5F-B30B-689E-9DBAFB5C8BE9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aleiodes testaceus (Telenga, 1941)
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Aleiodes testaceus (Telenga, 1941) View in CoL

Material examined: MALTA, Buskett, 24. v.2014, 1 ♀, emerged from? Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth) ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ) larva feeding on Quercus ilex , MZ, DMC [parasitoid and host determined by Mark Shaw].

Notes: This species was previously recorded from Malta by Papp (2015) based on 2♀♀ without host data. It is a parasitoid of small Geometridae ( Eupithecia and close relatives) associated with flowers, especially of trees such as Quercus and shrubby plants, but including field layer plants (van Achterberg & Shaw, 2016).