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Chelonus chailini sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Malaysia, parasitizing gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Annette K. Walker
Affiliation:
C·A·B International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5JR, UK
T. Huddleston
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Abstract

Chelonus chailini sp. n., which was discovered recently during a survey of potential biocontrol agents of the cocoa pest Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen) in Malaysia, is described and illustrated. Five other gracillariid leaf-miners and bud-borers (Acrocercops globulifera Meyrick, A. diffluella van Deventer, A. caerulea Meyrick, A. phaeospora Meyrick and Epicephala chalybacma Meyrick) are cited as hosts of C. chailini, and brief notes on its biology are given.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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