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Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) of Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera, Tineidae): description of a new species and the male of Epitranus uterellophagus from southern India

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Neohaltichella uterellophaga Binoy, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Haltichellinae) parasitizing the pupa of household-case bearer moth Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) is described with illustrations from southern India (Kerala). Host record for the genus Neohaltichella on Tineidae (Lepidoptera) is newly recorded. A male specimen of Epitranus uterellophagus Binoy & Santhosh hitherto unknown is also described with illustrations parasitizing case-bearer moth pupa.

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The authors are thankful to authorities at Department of Zoology, University of Calicut and P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College Calicut for providing necessary infrastructure and facilities. SS is thankful to SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (EMR/2017/005528) for financial support. CB thanks Ms. K. S. Surya for imaging the male specimen of  Epitranus uterellophagus and also thankfully acknowledges UGC for financial support by means of NFSC.

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  1. Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India

    C. Binoy & M. Nasser

  2. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India

    C. Binoy & S. Santhosh

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Binoy, C., Santhosh, S. & Nasser, M. Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) of Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera, Tineidae): description of a new species and the male of Epitranus uterellophagus from southern India. Syst Parasitol 99, 1–11 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-10011-7

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