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Cotesia abjecta
(Marshall, 1885)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Cerura vinula, Drepana falcataria, Drymonia ruficornis, Eligmodonta ziczac, Ennomos autumnaria [Malus domestica], Notodonta dictaeoides, Notodonta dromedaria, Pheosia gnoma, Pheosia tremula, Pseudoterpna pruinata, Ptilodon capucina and Smerinthus ocellatus.
The recorded parasitoids are
Bathythrix aerea
,
Gelis agilis
,
Gelis areator
,
Lysibia nana
,
Medophron crassicornis
and
Mesochorus brevipetiolatus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
18 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia abjecta
(Marshall, 1885)
Original name
Apanteles abjectus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Synonyms
Cotesia complanata
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.
