none Diaphania indica; HYMENOPTERAN-PARASITES; Apanteles taragamae; Hyperparasitism record & hyperparasite biology; INDIA-; Padappai; Hymenopteran hyperparasite & biology Apanteles taragamae; HYMENOPTERAN-PARASITES; Eurytoma braconidis; Record & parasite biology; LEPIDOPTERAN-HOSTS; Diaphania indica; Hyperparasitism record & hyperparasite biology, India Eurytoma braconidis; HYMENOPTERAN-HOSTS; Apanteles taragamae; INDIA-; Padappai; Record as hyperparasite & biology Eurytoma braconidis Ferriere (Eurytomidae) was recorded as a hyperparasite of Apanteles taragamae Viereck (Braconidae) through Diaphania indica (Saunders) (Pyralidae). This hyperparasite is a solitary ectoparasitoid. The eggs were deposited on the host pupa present within the host cocoon and the larva passed through three instars. Mean developmental period from egg to adult was 13.15 days at 26.43 +- 2.53 degree C. Pre-oviposition period was of 2 days and oviposition continued until it was alive. Freshly formed to 2-day-old host cocoons were preferred for oviposition and the mean longevity was 6.82 days for males and 8.25 days for females.