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Cotesia geryonis
(Marshall, 1885)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Adscita albanica, Adscita geryon, Adscita schmidti, Adscita statices, Jordanita globulariae, Rhagades, Rhagades pruni, Rhagades pruni [Vaccinium uliginosum], Zygaena brizae and Zygaena laeta.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
16 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia geryonis
(Marshall, 1885)
Original name
Apanteles geryonis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Type
City Museum and Art Gallery (G. C. collection in The Natural History Museum. Types on permanent loan, re Fitton 1976:307)
, Playmouth, United Kingdom (female, lectotype)
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.
