Pteromalus puparum

Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth.^[1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies.^[2][3]

Pteromalus puparum
Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pteromalidae
Genus:	Pteromalus
Species:	P. puparum
Binomial name
Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)