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Cotesia gonopterygis
(Marshall, 1898)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious or solitary parasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta rumicis, Eurodryas aurinia, Gonepteryx cleopatra, Gonepteryx rhamni, Gonepteryx rhamni [Frangula alnus] and Limenitis camilla.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Cotesia gonopterygis
(Marshall, 1898)
Original name
Apanteles gonopterygis
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)
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.
