Apleurotropis

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Apleurotropis is a genus of tiny wasps in the family Eulophidae. It belongs to the animal kingdom, the arthropod phylum, the insect class, and the Hymenoptera order. The genus was named by Girault in 1913, with Apleurotropis viridis as the type species. It includes about 24 species. These wasps are mainly found in Australia, Japan, and the Americas from Mexico to Brazil. They mostly parasitize leaf‑mining moths (Lepidoptera), but one species parasitizes the leaf‑mining fly Phytomyza horticola.