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Adelognathus pusillus
Holmgren, 1857
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious idiobiont ectoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host gall.
The recorded hosts are
Phyllocolpa
,
Phyllocolpa alienata
[Salix aurita], Phyllocolpa erythropyga [Salix aurita], Phyllocolpa leucapsis [Salix cinerea],
Phyllocolpa leucosticta
[Salix caprea], Phyllocolpa plicadaphnoides [Salix daphnoides], Phyllocolpa polita [Salix purpurea], Phyllocolpa prussica [Salix cinerea] and Phyllocolpa spirappendiculata [Salix appendiculata].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
19 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Adelognathus pusillus
Holmgren, 1857
Original name
Adelognathus pusillus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Adelognathus
Type
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen för Entomologi
, Stockholm, Sweden (female, lectotype)
This text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad (Yu et. al, 2016) and may contain errors or incoplete information.
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
