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Encarsia leucaspidis (Mercet, 1912)

Avispa parasitoide, Parasitoid wasp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Chalcidoidea

Family
Aphelinidae

Genus
Encarsia

Species
leucaspidis

Taxon category: Accepted

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: Hemiptera

Distribution

Distribution: Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta

References

Picón-Renteria, P. Herrera, H. W., Avendaño, J. M., Tocora-Protz, M. C., Restrepo, A. F. S., Fernández, F., Heraty, J.M., Buli, A.Y., Peck, S., & Sarmiento, C. E. (2026) Hymenoptera of Galápagos: diversity and distribution of one of the most species-rich insect orders in the archipelago. ZooKeys, 1294, 229-251.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Encarsia leucaspidis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25709. Accessed 6 November 2026.