none Bracon mellitor parasitizes the burdock seed moth, Metzneria lappella. This is a new host record for this wasp, best known as a parasite of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, Agathis malvacearum, another wasp parasite of this moth, is newly reported from the Pacific coast of Washington (USA) a westward range extension of 2000 km. We also report a transcontinental North American distribution of the host-parasite association of M. lappella with Hyssopus thymus, the paramount Nearctic wasp parasite of the European pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana.