This parasitoid is a solitary ectoparasitoid of Tegeticula larvae in yucca fruit. Digonogastra is the largest of the yucca moth parasitoids. Adults are orange and black with smoky-colored wings. Females have ovipositors as long as the body. This genus was renamed from Iphiaulux. Digonogastra has been collected from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico.
Photos
![Female Digonogastra. Photo courtesy of Beau Crabb.](https://althofflab.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Digono-ovip3.jpeg)
![Female Digonogastra probing fruit. Photo courtesy of Beau Crabb.](https://althofflab.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Digono-posing.jpeg)
Individual parasitoid genera
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Eupelmidae: | Eusandalum | Eupelmus |
Eurytomidae: | Eurytoma | Eudecatoma |
Braconidae: | Heterospilus | Digonogastra |