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Cotesia melitaearum
(Wilkinson, 1937)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
there are
17 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are
Acrolyta nens
,
Gelis acarorum
and
Gelis agilis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
23 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia melitaearum
(Wilkinson, 1937)
Original name
Apanteles melitaearum
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Synonyms
Cotesia ukrainica
Ex synonyms
Microgaster vestalis
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (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.
