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Cotesia gastropachae
(Bouché, 1834)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta rumicis, Aporia crataegi, Eriogaster lanestris, Gastropacha quercifolia, Loxostege sticticalis, Lymantria dispar, Macrothylacia rubi, Malacosoma neustria, Protoschinia scutosa, Vanessa atalanta and Vanessa cardui.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
35 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia gastropachae
(Bouché, 1834)
Original name
Microgaster gastropachae
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Type
Zoologisches Museum
, Berlin, Germany (male)
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.
