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Dusona falcator
(Fabricius, 1775)
Overview
Taxonomy
Dusona falcator
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta rumicis, Calliteara pudibunda, Gynaephora selenitica, Lycia hirtaria, Lymantria dispar, Phalera bucephala, Phalera bucephala [Salix], Phalera bucephaloides, Plagodis dolabraria and Simyra nervosa.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Astiphromma splenium
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
30 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Dusona falcator
(Fabricius, 1775)
Original name
Ichneumon falcator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Campoplex
Delopia
Dusona
Ophion
Type
Universitets Zoologiske Museum
, Copenhagen, Denmark (female, holotype)
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.
