Hemiptarsenus ornatus
Female antennal club entirely whitish, thus showing black scape, pedicel and four further segments before the white club. Scutellum longer than broad. Females with 2-3 darkened bands. Thorax of female marked with yellow-orange at the sides and usually also towards the front of the scutellum, the axillae and the side lobes of the mesoscutum.
July to September.
Reared from cocoons of Stigmella (Lepidoptera) and mines of Phytomyza (Agromyzidae) and Lithocolletis (Gracillariidae).
Widespread but under recorded.
Unknown.
Askew, R.R. (1968) Handbooks for the identification of British Insects, Hymenoptera: 2: Chalcidoidea Section (b). Royal Entomological Society.
AJ Cann
Rutland Water Lagoon 7
03 July 2026
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- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Eulophidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 03/07/2026 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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