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Itoplectis melanocephala
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary idiobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host pupa. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Aletia impura, Chilo phragmitellus, Depressaria daucella, Depressaria pastinacella, Galleria mellonella, Leucania obsoleta and Ostrinia nubilalis.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms with records from
31 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Itoplectis melanocephala
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Original name
Pimpla melanocephala
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Cryptus
Epiurus
Itoplectis
Pimpla
Scambus
Synonyms
Itoplectis bicolor
Itoplectis burtoni
Itoplectis cleopatra
Itoplectis ephippium
Itoplectis ragusae
Type
female, 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.
