Achterberg Cornelis VAN, Thackeray Sean R, Hill Martin P
Dept. Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
Zootaxa. 2017 Jan 31;4227(1):zootaxa.4227.1.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.8.
A new species, Phanerotoma carobivora van Achterberg & Thackeray, sp. nov. is described from South Africa. It is a common endoparasitoid of the carob moth (Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Pyralidae) on pecan (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch) and citrus fruits in South Africa. Mean percentage of parasitism varied 2-30% between host plants and sampled localities.
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