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Meteorus obsoletus
(Wesmael, 1835)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Agrotis ipsilon, Carpomya schineri, Choristoneura jezoensis, Epinotia cruciana, Gypsonoma dealbana, Hedya nubiferana, Rhopobota ustomaculana, Tortrix viridana, Zeiraphera griseana and Zeiraphera rufimitrana.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
23 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Meteorus obsoletus
(Wesmael, 1835)
Original name
Perilitus obsoletus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Perilitus
Synonyms
Meteorus viridanae
Type
Institut Royal des Naturelles de Belqique
, Bruxelles, Belgium (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.