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Cotesia acuminata
(Reinhard, 1880)
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Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Aporia crataegi, Cinclidia phoebe, Epidesmia chilonaria, Euphydryas maturna, Melitaea didyma, Melitaea latonigena, Melitaea latonigena [Veronica incana], Melitaea leucippe, Melitaea scotosia, Melitaea telona and Mellicta athalia.
The recorded parasitoids are
Gelis agilis
,
Gelis fuscicornis
,
Gelis proximus
and
Lysibia nana
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
21 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia acuminata
(Reinhard, 1880)
Original name
Apanteles acuminatus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Synonyms
Cotesia cultrator
Type
Zoologisches Museum
, Berlin, Germany
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.
