''Kokandia'' is a monotypic genus of
hymenoptera
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n
insects of the family
Eulophidae. The only known species ''Kokandia salsolicola'' is a
parasitoid
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of
gall midges belonging to the family
Cecidomyiidae which use plants of the
goosefoot genus ''
Salsola'' as hosts.
References
Key to Nearctic eulophid generaUniversal Chalcidoidea Database
Eulophidae
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