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Cotesia cuprea
(Lyle, 1925)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Lampides boeticus, Lycaena dispar, Lycaena helle, Lycaena phlaeas, Lycaena thersamon, Plebejus argus, Plebejus optilete, Polyommatus icarus and Zizeeria knysna.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
19 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia cuprea
(Lyle, 1925)
Original name
Apanteles cupreus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England
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.
