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Classification
Superfamily : Chalcidoidea
Family : Eulophidae
Subfamily :
Eulophinae
Tribe :
Cirrospilini
Forewing with large speculum.
Cubital vein not strongly curved at base.
Males with yellow spot dorsally at the base of the gaster.
Diagnosis
Distribution
Palearctic: Eastern Europe to China, Korea and Japan.(Noyes, 2002; 2003; Zhu et al., 2000b). Specimens found during this study from Vietnam, although it is rare there.
Hosts
Agromyzidae: Agromyza albipennis Meigen, Agromyza oryzae (Munakata), Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau), Phytomyza paniculatae (Sasakawa); Ephydridae: Hydrellia griseola (Fallén) (Noyes, 2002; 2003).
Biology
Like other Diglyphus, D. albiscapus is an external parasitoid of mainly agromyzid leafminers.
Comments
D. albiscapus is a rare parasitoid in Southeast Asia, and is not a promising biological control candidate.