Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood) 1833

forewing Neochrysocharis formosa mesoscutum transepimeral sulcus
antenna mesosoma
antenna head
scutellum
abdomen
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Classification

Superfamily : Chalcidoidea
Family : Eulophidae
Subfamily : Entedoninae

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In addition to characters for the genus Neochrysocharis.
Forewing with a small area of infumation in association with the stigmal vein.
Thorax with distinct reticulate sculpture; gaster with some reticulate sculpture on basal tergites.
Transepimeral sulcus straight dorsally.

Diagnosis

 
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Distribution

This species is common and widely distributed, and is known from throughout the Holarctic, as well as Mexico, north Africa and Southeast Asia (Noyes, 2002, 2003).


Hosts

This is a generalist known from a very wide range of hosts, including Agromyzidae (Diptera); Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae (Coleoptera); Cimbicidae, Diprionidae, Pamphiliidae, Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera); Argyresthiidae, Coleophoridae, Elachistidae, Gelechiidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae, Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) (Noyes, 2002, 2003).

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Biology

N. formosa has quite a variable biology, and can act as an egg parasitoid, or a parasitoid of leafminers. It is an endoparasitoid attacking younger stages of its host.


Comments

The three Neochrysocharis species can be found in large numbers (either singly or in combination) in some samples from Southeast Asia. They have the potential to be part of a complex of species contributing to biological control of leafminers in the region.

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