Campopleginae, Förster, 1869

Campopleginae

Notes

Campopleginae are koinobiont endoparasitoids, mainly specialised on Lepidoptera , sometimes other orders too, like Coleoptera (see below). The vast majority overwinters as a young larva in an overwintering host larva or in the cocoon stage, either as a prepupa or, in some cases, a pharate or enclosed adult. However, one species has been reported as hibernating in Switzerland and there may be more species as several are known to emerge late in the year with no evident next host available ( Broad et al. 2018).