Ooencyrtus pitosina (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)-A natural enemy of Samoan swallowtail butterfly Papilio godeffroyi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).

Ooencyrtus pitosina (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)-A natural enemy of Samoan swallowtail butterfly Papilio godeffroyi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).

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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 because it is an important natural enemy of this butterfly, and to facilitate identification for future work il barone wine with this parasitoid and its host.