Trichogramma exiguum Pinto & Platner, 1978

Querino, Ranyse B. & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2019, Annotated checklist and illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South America, Zootaxa 4656 (2), pp. 201-231 : 209

Trichogramma exiguum Pinto & Platner, 1978

Diagnosis. Flagellum with short, robust setae, basiconic sensilla prominent and globose, dorsal lamina with broad, rounded shoulders and anteriorly widened ventral ridge.

Comments. Trichogramma exiguum is commonly associated with economically important lepidopterans and occurs in agricultural and disturbed habitats.

Type repository. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Type locality. Alabama, USA.

Distribution in South America. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Hosts. Trichogramma exiguum parasitizes 17 lepidopteran species in South America ( Zucchi et al. 2010), although no host is known in Brazil.