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Copidosoma celaenae Howard
Que., s. to Conn., w. to Mo., s. to Miss. Host: Eiixoa scolastica McD.,
Lacinipolia venigem (Steph.).
Copklosowa celaenae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 11-12, 42. ♀.
dcceptor Miller. Cosmopolitan. Host: Epiuotia )ia}iatio (Treit.), Acleria rariaua (Fern.), Diirita
luttella Busck, Euconlylia hiuitella Kief., Recurraiia apicitripiiiictella Clem., R.
caniisclla Free., R. )iiilleri Busck, R. iiioreoiiella Hein., R. )iauella (Hbn.), R. starki
Freem., R. thujaella Kearf., Exoteleia dodecella (L.), E. pitiifoliella (Chamb.),
Argijre.stliia anreoargeutella Brower.
Copido.sonia decepfor Miller, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34 (2): 58-60. ♀, ♂.
Biology: Stark, 1961. Canad. Jour. Zool. 39 (6): 893-905. —Telford, 1961. Jour. Econ. Ent. 54
(2): 348. -Richards, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95 (5): 519.
Copidosoma gelechiae Howard
N. H. s. to N. C, Ont., Minn. s. to Mo., Ariz. Host: Epibhnnu ncadderiaua
(Clem.), GuorhiiOKcheuia gallaeasterella (Kell.), G. gallaesolidaginis (Riley), G. saliiiarifi
Busck.
Copidosowa gelechiae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 10-11, 42. ♂, ♀.
P.s//o/j/(n/.s luialinipenuis: Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 21, 42. ♂.
Psiloplirys jxillipes Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. E.xpt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. V. 9.
Pailophrys pallidipes Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 146. Unjustified emend.
Copidosowa gelechiae var. .so(/f( Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 188-189. ♂, ♀.
Biology: Patterson, 1919. Jour. Hered. 10: 346. —Barber, 1938. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46 (2):
169-171, 174-175. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 737: 37, 86. -Miller, 1963.
Ohio Jour. Sci. 63: 71.
Morphology: Leiby, 1922. Jour. Morph. 37 (1): 195-285.
Copidosoma geniculatum (Dalman)
Ont., Mass., N. Y., Conn. Host: Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiff.).
Eiicyiius getiiculatus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 361. ♂.
Taxonomy: Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 734, 735, 736-737.
Biology: Dowden, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27 (4): 600.
intermedium Howard. N. J., Mo., Kans. Host: G)iori)uosche))ta gallaeaaterella (Kell).
Copidononni ititennediuni Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 12, 42. ♂, ♀.
Copidosoma lymani Howard
Ont. Host: A)iaca))ipsi.s liipinella Busck, Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiff.).
Copidoaoiua Lymani Howard, 1907. Canad. Ent. 39 (3): 103. ♀.
Copidosoma melanocerum (Ashmead)
D. C, N. C, Iowa, Kans. Host: Feltia sp. (Haw.).
Liothorax nielanocera Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 363. ♀.
Copidosoma truncatellum (Dalman)
Que. to Fla., w. to Tex. and Ariz. Host: Anomis erosa Hbn.,
Autographa sp., Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guen.), Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.), Zeuzera pyrina
(L.).
Encyrhis truncatellus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 168-169.
Berecyntus Jloridanus Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 365. ♀.
Taxonomy: Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 456-457.
Biology: Silvestri, 1906. Lab. Zool. Agr. Portici, Bol. 6: 3-51. — Silvestri, 1937. Harvard Univ.,
Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 81: 472-487. — Stoner and Weeks, 1974. Environm. Ent 3 (6):
957-960. -Hunter and Bartlett, 1975. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 68 (1): 61-62 (karyotype).
—Hunter and Stoner, 1975. Environm. Ent. 4 (3): 381-382.
turn! (Packard). N. H., Conn., N. J. Host: Papilio glaiicus L.
Encyrtu.s turni Packard, 1881 (1880). Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 21: 32-33. ♂, ♀.
Taxonomy: Howard, 1889. hi Scudder, Butterflies of Eastern U. S. and Canada, pp. 1872,
1888.
Copidosoma vagum Howard
Que., N. J., Mo. Host: Filiti)na pseudoacaciella (Chamb.).
Copidosoma vaguw Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 11, 31, 42. ♂, ♀.
Genus PARABLASTOTHRIX Mercet
Parablastothrix Mercet, 1917. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 17 (9): 538-540.
Type-species: Parablastothrix vespertinus Mercet. Monotypic.
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Parablasfothrix contains only a few species and is Holarctic in distribution. The type-species
has been reported as a parasite of buprestid larvae whereas the North American representa-
tive of the genus has been recorded from small Lepidoptera.
Taxonomy: Mercet, 1932. Soc. Ent. France, Liv. Cent., pp. 685-686. —Miller, 1965. Canad.
Ent. 97 (7): 750-753. — Erdos, 1955. Budapest Magyar Nemz. Muz., Ann. Hist. Nat. (n. s.) 6:
292-294. -Erdos, 1963. Beitr. zur Ent. 13 (3-4): 285.
Parablastothrix nearctica Miller
Mich., W. Va., Miss. Host: Obrussa sp., Coptodisca sp. on Vaccinhan
arboreutn.
ParablaHtotltrix nearctica Miller, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97 (7): 750, 751-753. ♂, ♀.
Genus PARALITOMASTIX Mercet
Paralitomastix Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 8, 27, 58, 70, 438.
Type-species: E)icyftus variconiis Nees. Orig. desig.
PneudoUtonittHtix Risbec, 1954. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, Bui. 16: 1068.
Type-species: Litoniatifix creona Risbec. Orig. desig.
A cosmopolitan genus consisting of about a dozen species. Pamlitomastix attacks Lepidoptera
larvae.
Taxonomy: Risbec, 1952. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Ser. E, Ent. 2: 6, 38-40. —Risbec, 1954.
Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, Bui. 16 (4): 1067-1068. — Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool.
Inst., Trudy 41: 206-207. -Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 294-295.
Paralitomastix pyralidis (Ashmead)
Ont., Mich., Md. s. to Fla., w. to Utah, Calif. Host: Anarsia lineatella
Zell., Tricliotaphe Jlat'ocostella Clem., T. setoaella Clem.
Eiicyrtnsil) pyralidin Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 4 (1): 15. 9. Generic name is a lapsus for
EiicyrtiiN.
Copidosonia rariegotuw Howard, 1888. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 1 (8): 197. ♀.
Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 366-367.
Biology: Pack, 1930. Utah Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 216: 15-16. -Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs.
Ent. 8 (2): 109. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 22.
Genus PENTALITOMASTIX Eady
PseudoUtoDiastix Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 50 (4): 667-668. Preocc. by Pseudolitomastix
Risbec.
Type-species: Pseudolitomastix nacoleiae Eady. Monotypic.
Pentalitomastix Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 51 (1): 173. N. name for Pseudolitomastix
Eady.
This genus has not been recorded from Africa or South America, but it probably occurs there
also. Pentalitomastix presently consists of fewer than five species of polyembryonic parasites of
Lepidoptera larvae.
Taxonomy: Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 51 (1): 173. -Hoffer, 1960. Mus. Nat. Pragae, Acta
Faun. Ent. 6: 105-108. —Paine, 1964. So. Pacific Comm., Tech. Paper 145, p. 29.
—Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst, Trudy 41: 207-208.
Pentalitomastix plethoricus Caltagirone
Calif. Introduced, possibly established. Host: Laspeyresia carayana
on pecan, Paraniijelois transitella (Walk.) on pod of Ta»iarindus indica.
Pentalitomastix plethoricus Caltagirone, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42 (2): 145-149. ♂, ♀.
Biology: Caltagirone, 1971 (1970). Lab. Ent. Agr. Filippo Silvestri Portici, Bol. 28: 98-112.
Genus PENTACNEMUS Howard
PentacneuiHs Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 362, 366-367.
Type-species: Pe)itacne)nits bucculatricis Howard. Monotypic.
This monotypic genus is known only from North America. The type-species is a parasite of
lepidopterous larvae.