''Chouioia'' is a genus of endo

parasitic wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later cau ...

of the family

Eulophidae The Eulophidae are a large family of hymenopteran insects, with over 4,300 described species in some 300 genera. The family includes the genus '' Elasmus'', which used to be treated as a separate family, "Elasmidae", and is now treated as a su ...

. '' Chouioia cunea'' is considered an important parasite of the

fall webworm The fall webworm (''Hyphantria cunea'') is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is c ...

in China, where the moth is an invasive species.

References

Key to Nearctic eulophid genera

Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Yang, Z.Q. 1989, A new genus and species of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitizing ''Hyphantria cunea'' (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in China. Entomotaxonomia 11(1-2):117-130. Eulophidae {{Eulophidae-stub