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First report on the parasitoid Trichospilus diatraeae of the genus in Eulophidae found in the field parasitizing pupae of the eucalyptus defoliating looper Melanolophia consimilaria. This opens new perspectives for the use of this parasitoid in biological control programs against caterpillars of forestry importance.

Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) foi registrada pela primeira vez em eucalipto no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Mudas de Eucalyptus camaldulensis infestadas foram observadas, em dezembro de 2011 em Maringá

IntroductionWestralianus was erected by Boucek (1988) as a new monotypic genus of the subfamily Megastigminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) to accommodate the type species W. microstigma Boucek. The diagnostic characters of Westralianus were provided, and the genus was keyed out in the subfamily Megastigminae (Boucek, 1988). Grissell (1999) and Noyes (2009) presented the Australian distribution and literature lists on the species of Westralianus.

This is the first report of Brachymeria pandora (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae)-parasitizing pupae of the eucalyptus defoliator Thyrinteina leucocerae (Rindge) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Brazil.