Palmistichus elaeisis (parasitoid)

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development of the egg of Palmistichus elaeisis - top row and middle bottom: different development stages, bottom left: hatching first instar larva, bottom right: 1st instar larva (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: Maria A. L. Bittencourt & Evoneo Berti Filho
Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (2004) 48 (1), p. 66

Palmistichus elaeisis (parasitoid) Delvare & LaSalle, 1993

This wasp is a generalist and gregarious endoparasitoid of lepidopteran and coleopteran pupae. It has been recorded as a parasitoid of various Lepidoptera pests in South America and can be reared on Tenebrio molitor.