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Apanteles metacarpalis
(Thomson, 1895)
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Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Caloptilia semifascia, Drupadia theda, Phthorimaea seminella, Scrobipalpa atriplicella, Scrobipalpa instabilella, Scrobipalpa nitentella, Scrobipalpa obsoletella [Atriplex patula hastata], Scrobipalpa plantaginella and Scrobipalpa suaedella.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
25 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Apanteles metacarpalis
(Thomson, 1895)
Original name
Microgaster metacarpalis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Type
Zoologiska Institutionen
, Lund, 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.
