''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 causin ...

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 subf ...

. '' 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 con ...

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