Exasticolus jennyphillipsae, cocoon. A snow-white cocoon of Exasticolus jennyphillipsae was discovered in the silk and leaf pupal chamber of 08-SRNP-35960, a medium large Notodontidae caterpillar. However, without an associated adult moth, the identity of the host is unknown at present. As the cocoon ages, it turns golden brown in color, but long after the wasp has emerged through the circular hole cut by the wasp in the end of the cocoon.

 
 
  Part of: Sharkey MJ, Janzen DH, Hallwachs W, Chapman EG, Smith MA, Dapkey T, Brown A, Ratnasingham S, Naik S, Manjunath R, Perez K, Milton M, Hebert P, Shaw SR, Kittel RN, Solis MA, Metz MA, Goldstein PZ, Brown JW, Quicke DLJ, van Achterberg C, Brown BV, Burns JM (2021) Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys 1013: 1-665. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600