Parablastothrix Mercet 1917

Hosts. Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae, Heliozelidae, Lyonetiidae, Nepticulidae

nearctica Miller 1965: 751

Type. CNC

Distribution. N (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma)

Host/habitat. Bucculatrix albertiella, Coptodisca powellella, C. sp., Obrussa sp., Phyllonorycter sandraella, Stigmella variella; NEW: Cameraria sp., Nepticula rhamnicola, N. sp., Stigmella sp. (all EMEC)

Remarks. This species is a solitary parasitoid, which suggests it is monoembryonic, an unusual condition for a representative of the Copidosomatini, where this genus is placed (Zuparko 1995b).

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Remarks. A single female, representing a species distinct from P. nearctica, was collected from a Salix sp. in Lassen County (RLZC). A male specimen undetermined to species was collected in Inyo County (UCDC).