Oomyzus sokolowskii (Kurdjumov) [=Aprostocetus sokolowskii (Kurdjumov), Tetrastichus sokolowskii Kurdjumov]

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae

Female: Body dorsally dark metallic green or bluish green, antennal scape metallic green, remaining segments brown; legs yellowish white except coxae dark metallic green, femora medially black, tarsi light brown. Antenna short, with three-segmented funicle and a compact, three-segmented club.

Male: Body coloration similar to that of female, gaster dorsoventrally somewhat flattened. Antenna with four-segmented funicle, funicular segments with long whorls of setae.

   Adult female - dorsal view
   Adult female - dorsal view
   Adult female - lateral view
 Adult male - lateral view

More or less distributed in all the zoogeographical regions of the world where Plutella xylostella (L.) is distributed. For complete list, refer to Universal Chalcidoidea Database.

A common parasitoid of the diamondback moth, P. xylostella. Also collected as a hyperparasitoid of Cotesia vestalis (= C. plutellae), a major braconid parasitoid of P. xylostella.