3. Calliephialtes notanda (Cresson, 1870) Pimpla notanda Cresson 1870: 148 [♀ ♂ (ANSP); USA: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado]. References. Cresson 1872: 165 [Pimpla; USA (Texas)]. Morley 1914: 26 [Exeristes; remarks; USA (Texas); host]. Cresson 1916: 45 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; USA, Pennsylvania]. Townes & Townes 1951: 188 [catalogue]. Townes & Townes 1960: 81 [Calliephialtes notandus; description; southern Canada, USA (widespread); host]. Plakidas 1978: 222 [USA (Pennsylvania); host]. Carlson 1979: 326 [catalogue]. Müller & Goeden 1990 [host]. Rothman & Darling 1990 [host]. Bragg 1994 [host]. Material examined. USA. Nebraska: 5 ♀, 3 ♂ (AEIC) Valentine Refuge, 4–8.vi.1972, H. & M. Townes. 1 ♀, 4 ♂ (AEIC) Heartwell, 3.vi.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. South Carolina: 3 ♀, 4 ♂ (AEIC) Greenville, 27.v.1956, H. & M. Townes. 1 ♀ (AEIC) Pickens Co., Wattacoo, 30.iv.1959, H.K. Townes. Maryland: 1 ♀ (AEIC) Lexington Park, 13.v.1973, coll. H.K. Townes. Kentucky: 1 ♀ (AEIC) Golden Pond, 10.vi–10.viii.1964, coll. S.G. Breeland. 1 ♂ (AEIC) same data, but 1–8.x.1964. California: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (AEIC) Chula Vista, 13.iv.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. 2 ♀ (AEIC) Julian, 12.v.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. Arizona: 6 ♂ (AEIC) Rustler Park, 8300 ft. (= 2530 m), 20.viii– 13.ix.1987, coll. H. & M. Townes. Florida: 1 ♀ (AEIC) Lake Placid, 27.v.1967, coll. G. Heinrich. MEXICO. Guanajuato: 1 ♀ (UAT) El Bajío, 2.vi.1990, coll. M.A. Olivo. Distribution. Canada (south), USA, Mexico (Guanajuato). First record from Mexico. Biology. Reared from larvae of Lepidoptera boring or making galls in the stems: Coleophora parthenica Meyrick (Coleophoridae) (Müller & Goeden 1990), Epiblema desertana (Zeller), E. scudderiana (Clemens) and E. strenuana (Walker) (Tortricidae) (Townes & Townes 1960; Plakidas 1978), Gnorimoschema baccharisella Busk, G. gallaeasteriella (Kellicott) and G. gallaesolidaginis (Riley) (Gelechiidae) (Townes & Townes 1960; Rothman & Darling 1990), and Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley) (Pterophoridae) (Bragg 1994).

Published as part of Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2022, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group, pp. 201-251 in Zootaxa 5169 (3) on page 212, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6952172