Diamondback Moth Parasite vs Lebia Greenhead

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Diamondback Moth Parasite Lebia Greenhead
Scientific Name Diadegma insulare Lebia viridis
Order Hymenoptera Coleoptera
Family Braconidae Carabidae
Size 3-5 mm 5-8 mm
Habitat Farmland Heathland
Diet Parasitoids Parasitoids
Regions North America, Central America Eastern North America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Diamondback Moth Parasite

A small parasitoid that is the most important natural enemy of the diamondback moth on brassica crops. It lays a single egg inside each host caterpillar.

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Did You Know?

Overuse of insecticides on brassica crops often kills this wasp, ironically leading to worse diamondback moth outbreaks.

Lebia Greenhead

A small, brightly colored ground beetle with a metallic green head and pronotum and reddish-brown elytra. Its larvae are parasitoids of leaf beetle pupae, an unusual life history for carabids.

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Did You Know?

Its larvae are ectoparasitoids that attach to and consume leaf beetle pupae, a lifestyle extremely rare among ground beetles and more typical of parasitic wasps.