Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta tridens, Arctia caja, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euproctis similis, Euproctis similis [Malus domestica], Malacosoma neustria and Phragmatobia fuliginosa.
The recorded parasitoids are
Gelis agilis,
Mesochorus pictilis,
Mesochorus stigmator and
Pteromalus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia-Primor'ye Kray, Russia-Tuvinskaya Respublika, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.