Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta psi, Avaria hyerana, Cerapteryx graminis, Cerura bifida, Cerura vinula, Cosmorhoe ocellata, Furcula furcula, Laothoe populi, Mimas tiliae, Mimas tiliae [Tilia parvifolia], Notodonta dictaeoides, Pheosia tremula, Rhyacionia buoliana, Smerinthus ocellatus and Smerinthus planus.
The recorded parasitoids are
Gelis areator,
Mesochorus anomalus,
Mesochorus stigmator and Stictopisthus bilineatus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
21 countries and regions.
