Omphale salicis

Omphale salicis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Omphale
Species:
O. salicis
Binomial name
Omphale salicis
(Haliday, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Entedon (Omphale) salicis Haliday, 1833
  • Derostenus (Omphale) salici (Haliday, 1833)
  • Entedon salicis (Haliday, 1833)
  • Eulophus subulatus Nees, 1834
  • Eulophus terebrator Förster, 1841

Omphale salicis is a species of wasp in the family Eulophidae. It is known from Europe and Canada.

The body length is 1–1.7 mm (0.039–0.067 in) in males and 1.4–3.1 mm (0.055–0.122 in) in females. It is a parasitoid of gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) of the genus Contarinia: Contarinia loti, Contarinia vincetoxici, and probably Contarinia lentis.