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Cotesia villana
(Reinhard, 1880)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Agrotis segetum, Arctia tigrina, Coscinia cribraria, Coscinia striata, Epicallia villica, Hyphoraia aulica, Hyphoraia testudinaria, Melitaea didyma and Noctua fimbriata.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Gelis agilis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
17 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia villana
(Reinhard, 1880)
Original name
Apanteles villanus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Synonyms
Cotesia fasciatae
Cotesia rubroides
Type
Zoologisches Museum
, Berlin, Germany (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.
