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Cotesia affinis
(Nees, 1834)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Cerura felina, Cerura menciana, Cerura przewalskyi, Cerura vinula, Cerura vinula [Populus x canadensis], Cucullia artemisiae, Lacanobia oleracea, Laothoe populi, Loxostege sticticalis, Phylloporia bistrigella and Smerinthus planus.
The recorded parasitoids are
Acrolyta nens
,
Baryscapus galactopus
,
Medophron crassicornis
,
Mokrzeckia pini
and
Tetrastichus sinope
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
35 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia affinis
(Nees, 1834)
Original name
Microgaster affinis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Synonyms
Cotesia euphorbiae
Cotesia harpyiae
Cotesia okamotoi
Cotesia planus
Cotesia vinulae
Type
Zoologisches Museum
, Berlin, Germany (female, neotype)
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.
