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Meteorus melanostictus
Capron, 1887
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary parasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Apeira syringaria, Apeira syringaria [Lonicera], Dichelia histrionana, Ennomos quercinaria and Thera variata.
The recorded parasitoids are
Astiphromma splenium
and
Mesochorus crassimanus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Russia-Primor'ye Kray, Russia-Sakhalin Oblast, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Meteorus melanostictus
Capron, 1887
Original name
Meteorus melanostictus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Synonyms
Meteorus monachae
Meteorus niger
Type
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.
