Leptomastix Förster 1856

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117083
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FFB8-4367-FF02-C1AD8B75F94E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptomastix Förster 1856
status

Treatment

Leptomastix Förster 1856 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

dactylopii Howard 1885: 23 View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (San Luis Obispo, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Delottococcus quaesitus , D. proteae , Dysmicoccus brevipes , Ferrisia virgata , Formicococcus njalensis , Nipaecoccus viridis , Phenacoccus gossypii , P. hargreavesi , P. maderiensis , P. saccharifolii , P. solani , Planococcus aemulor , P. citri , P. ficus , P. kenyae , P. kraunhiae , P. lilacinus , P. minor , P. vovae , P. sp., Pseudococcus calceolariae , P. comstocki . P. concavocerarii , P. longispinus , P. maritimus , P. occiduus , P. viburni , P. sp.; NEW: Dysmicoccus ryani (UCRC)

Remarks. This species was imported from Brazil and released in a biocontrol program against P. citri in southern California in 1935, but apparently established only in the central coastal area of California ( Bartlett 1978c), where it was found 80 years later (Daane et al. 2008).