1. It is an ectoparasite that becomes endoparasitic invading inflorescence and developing seeds. 2. Endoparasitic larvae are without spiracles and also operate under a closed system.3. All Stylopidia have endoparasitic females having multiple genital openings. 4. A species of endoparasitic platyhelminth has been described from the liver of this species. 5. An example of immunological defense towards endoparasitic wasps would be the encapsulation of their eggs. 6. An endoparasitic nematode ( " Torquatoides balanocephala " ) sometimes infects their gizzard. 7. An endoparasitic cestodes " Vogea vestibularis " has been described from this species. 8. Females of this nematode are completely endoparasitic . 9. They grow in one endoparasitic ). 10. They are transmissed by endoparasitic wasps and the host develops a unique cytopathology that resembles apoptosis.
