Laboratory observations indicate that Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan could parasitize citrus leafminer larvae that were already parasitized by the endoparasitoid Ageniaspis citricola. As a result, it is possible that C. ingenuus could act as a facultative hyperparasitoid.

Photograph by: Jeff Lotz, FDACS-DPI


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