Ooencyrtus pitosina (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)-A natural enemy of Samoan swallowtail butterfly Papilio godeffroyi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).
A new species of encyrtid wasp, Ooencyrtus pitosina Polaszek, Noyes & Fusu sp.n., (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Encyrtinae) is described as a gregarious parasitoid in the wilds of eldraine prerelease guide eggs of the endemic Samoan swallowtail butterfly Papilio godeffroyi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in the Samoan archipelago.It is described here becau