Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis is recorded parasitizing the noctuid Dryobota labecula (Esper, 1788) feeding in spring on Quercus in southern France. The adult parasitoid emerged in autumn; evidence is presented to suggest that it is a bivoltine species, likely to parasitize low feeding noctuids in its overwintering generation. Notes to separate the parasitoid from the closely related H. (P.) annulicornis are given.
Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis is recorded parasitizing the noctuid Dryobota labecula (Esper, 1788) feeding in spring on Quercus in southern France. The adult parasitoid emerged in autumn; evidence is presented to suggest that it is a bivoltine species, likely to parasitize low feeding noctuids in its overwintering generation. Notes to separate the parasitoid from the closely related H. (P.) annulicornis are given.
Shaw, M. R. 2015. A rearing record of <em>Homolobus</em> (<em>Phylacter</em>) <em>meridionalis</em> van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Homolobinae) in the south of France. <em>Entomologist’s Gazette</em>, 66: 245–247