Koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids of insect
immature stages or adults. Most commonly larva of Lepidoptera and
Coleoptera, but also Hemiptera nymphs and adults; Orthoptera and
Psocoptera nymphs; adult Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Chrysopidae;
Symphyta larvae; Diptera larva; Isoptera and Embioptera.
References
Sharkey,
M.J. 1993. Family Braconidae (pp. 362-395). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J.
(eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
