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Lemophagus curtus
Townes, 1965
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Lema [Triticum], Oulema gallaeciana, Oulema lichenis and Oulema melanopus.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Mesochorus brevipetiolatus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
20 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Lemophagus curtus
Townes, 1965
Original name
Lemophagus curtus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Lemophagus
Type
American Entomological Institute
, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A (female, holotype)
Type of
Lemophagus
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.
