Hemiptarsenus ornatus

Hemiptarsenus ornatus

Alternative names
Hemiptarsenus dropion
Description

Female antennal club entirely whitish, thus showing black scape, pedicel and four further segments before the white club. Scutellum longer than broad. Females with 2-3 darkened bands. Thorax of female marked with yellow-orange at the sides and usually also towards the front of the scutellum, the axillae and the side lobes of the mesoscutum. 

Identification difficulty
When to see it

July to September. 

Life History

Reared from cocoons of Stigmella (Lepidoptera) and mines of Phytomyza (Agromyzidae) and Lithocolletis (Gracillariidae).

UK Status

Widespread but under recorded.

VC55 Status

Unknown. 

Further Information

Askew, R.R. (1968) Handbooks for the identification of British Insects, Hymenoptera: 2: Chalcidoidea Section (b). Royal Entomological Society.

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