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Exetastes fornicator
(Fabricius, 1781)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Blepharita solieri, Cucullia asteris, Cucullia balsamitae, Cucullia lactucae, Lacanobia oleracea, Mamestra brassicae, Mimas tiliae, Rhyparia purpurata and
Trichiosoma sorbi
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Oriental realms with records from
52 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Exetastes fornicator
(Fabricius, 1781)
Original name
Ichneumon fornicator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Banchus
Exetastes
Tryphon
Synonyms
Exetastes expansor
Exetastes punctulatus
Type
Universitets Zoologiske Museum
, Copenhagen, Denmark (male, lectotype)
Type of
Exetastes
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.