Parablastothrix Mercet 1917

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 45

Parablastothrix Mercet 1917

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae , Heliozelidae , Lyonetiidae , Nepticulidae

nearctica Miller 1965: 751

Type. CNC

Distribution. N (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma)

Host/habitat. Bucculatrix albertiella , Coptodisca powellella , C. sp., Obrussa sp., Phyllonorycter sandraella , Stigmella variella ; NEW: Cameraria sp., Nepticula rhamnicola , N. sp., Stigmella sp. (all EMEC)

Remarks. This species is a solitary parasitoid, which suggests it is monoembryonic, an unusual condition for a representative of the Copidosomatini, where this genus is placed ( Zuparko 1995 b).

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Remarks. A single female, representing a species distinct from P. nearctica , was collected from a Salix sp. in Lassen County ( RLZC). A male specimen undetermined to species was collected in Inyo County ( UCDC).