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Hypsicera curvator
(Fabricius, 1793)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Archips cerasivorana, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Choreutis pariana, Earias clorana, Epinotia nanana, Grapholita molesta, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Nothris verbascella, Olethreutes exaeresima, Ostrinia nubilalis, Rhyacionia buoliana, Rhyacionia pinicolana, Tinea pellionella, Trichophaga tapetzella and Zeiraphera rufimitrana.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
69 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Hypsicera curvator
(Fabricius, 1793)
Original name
Ichneumon curvator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Cryptus
Cteniscus
Exochus
Hypsicera
Triclistus
Synonyms
Hypsicera affinis
Hypsicera mansuetor
Hypsicera ovata
Hypsicera tineae
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.
