Abstract
Hydrophylita neusae n. sp. is described and illustrated. Hydrophylita is a small genus of Trichogrammatidae which now includes four species, all known to attack eggs of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera). A key to species is included and those known from the Neotropics are illustrated.
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