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Microplitis xanthopus
(Ruthe, 1860)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Acronicta aceris, Aristotelia brizella, Autographa gamma, Eligmodonta ziczac, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euproctis similis, Heliothis peltigera, Orthosia populeti [Populus robusta], Ostrinia nubilalis and Xylena vetusta.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
26 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Microplitis xanthopus
(Ruthe, 1860)
Original name
Microgaster xanthopus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Microgaster
Microplitis
Synonyms
Microplitis tenuipes
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (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.
