Pristomerus spinator (Fabricius, 1804)

Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical and Oceanic (Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States).

Hosts: Achyra rantalis Guenée, 1854; Diaphania hyalinata Linneo, 1767; Diaphania nitidalis Cramer, 1782; Loxostege sticticalis Linnaeus 1761; Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, 1796; Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859 ( Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Keiferia lycopersicella Walsingham, 1897; Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873; Stegasta bosqueella Chambers, 1875 ( Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 ( Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Acrobasis vaccinii Riley, 1884; Ancylosis; Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot, 1887; Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zeller, 1848; Homoeosoma electellum Hulst, 1887 ( Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Agrotis subterranea Fabricius, 1794; Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1808; Helicoverpa zea Boddie, 1850; Heliothis virescens Fabricius, 1977; Hypena scabra Fabricius, 1798; Neogalea sunia Guenée, 1852; Schinia bina Guenée, 1852; Spodoptera exigua Hübner, 1803; Spodoptera frugiperda Smith, 1797; Spodoptera ornithogalli Guenée, 1852; Spodoptera praefica Grote, 1875; Trichoplusia ni Hübner, 1802 ( Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ancylis comptana Frölich, 1828 ( Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Habitat: Savannah.

Phenology: July, August.

Studied material: MEXICO. Yucatán State, Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Ría Lagartos Station, Post 024: 08–22. VII.2009, 3 Ƥ (CER– UADY); 22.VII–06. VIII.2009, 2 Ƥ (CEUA).