The orchid dupe wasp was first described by Italian entomologist Achille Costa in 1864 as Pimpla excelsa, before being placed in (and becoming the type species of) the new genus Lissopimpla in 1889 by Joseph Kriechbaumer, who called it Lissopimpla octo-guttata Kriechb.
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One species it preys upon is the noctuid moth pest species Helicoverpa armigera.
Metrosideros excelsa | Excelsa | M. excelsa | Koompassia excelsa | Doryanthes excelsa |