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Cotesia brevicornis
(Wesmael, 1837)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Anthonomus pomorum, Brachylomia viminalis, Enargia decolor, Epirrita autumnata, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euproctis similis, Hydriomena furcata, Ipimorpha retusa, Ipimorpha subtusa, Lymantria dispar, Orthosia miniosa, Ptycholoma lecheana, Rheumaptera hastata, Syndemis musculana and Xanthia citrago.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
20 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia brevicornis
(Wesmael, 1837)
Original name
Microgaster brevicornis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Synonyms
Cotesia cleoceridis
Type
Institut Royal des Naturelles de Belqique
, Bruxelles, Belgium (female)
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.
