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Exetastes atrator
(Forster, 1771)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Agrotis ipsilon, Heliothis viriplaca, Lacanobia contigua, Lacanobia oleracea, Lacanobia pisi, Lacanobia suasa, Mamestra brassicae, Melanchra persicariae and Mesoligia furuncula.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
26 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Exetastes atrator
(Forster, 1771)
Original name
Ichneumon atrator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Exetastes
Synonyms
Exetastes cinctipes
Exetastes clavator
Exetastes junci
Exetastes obscurator
Exetastes osculatorius
Exetastes sinuatorius
Exetastes tarsator
Type
Linnaean Sociey
, Picadilly, 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.
