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Meteorus cespitator
(Thunberg, 1822)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Monopis laevigella, Monopis rusticella, Nemapogon cloacella, Nemapogon granella, Nemapogon variatella, Orchesia micans, Rhagium bifasciatum, Tinea trinotella, Tineola bisselliella and Trichophaga tapetzella.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Australian realms with records from
30 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Meteorus cespitator
(Thunberg, 1822)
Original name
Ichneumon cespitator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Synonyms
Meteorus ambiguus
Meteorus atrator
Meteorus humeralis
Meteorus microcerus
Meteorus rufipes
Meteorus similator
Type
Uppsala Universitet, Zoologiska Institutionen, Entomologiska avdelningen
, Uppsala, Sweden (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.
