A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, a parasitoid of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

NANCY CARREJO; ANA E. DIAZ; NORMAN E WOODLEY

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5

Issue: Vol. 3737 No. 1: 18 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-18

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5

Page range: 68–76

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**A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, a parasitoid of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)**

NANCY CARREJO⁺⁻
ANA E. DIAZ⁺⁻
NORMAN E WOODLEY⁺⁻

Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, A.A. 25630, Cali, Colombia

CORPOICA, La Selva, Rionegro Antioquia, Colombia.

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution NHB-168, P. O. Box 37012, Washington DC 20013- 7012, USA.

Diptera Tachinidae Lixophaga puscolulo new species Neotropical Region

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Abstract

A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, Lixophaga puscolulo Carrejo & Woodley, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. It is a parasitoid of the tomato fruit borer, Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), an insect pest of Solanum quitoense Lam., in Colombia. Aspects of its biology are briefly discussed.