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Ctenichneumon castigator
(Fabricius, 1793)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Aglais urticae, Agrotis segetum, Archanara sparganii, Argynnis paphia, Biston betularia, Fagivorina arenaria, Gortyna flavago, Hadena perplexa, Lacanobia oleracea, Orthosia incerta, Orthosia stabilis, Sitochroa verticalis, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa cardui and Xanthia togata.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Neotropical realms with records from
43 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Ctenichneumon castigator
(Fabricius, 1793)
Original name
Ichneumon castigator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Amblyteles
Ctenichneumon
Ichneumon
Synonyms
Ctenichneumon ruficingulus
Type
Universitets Zoologiske Museum
, Copenhagen, Denmark (male, 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.
