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Ophion minutus
Kriechbaumer, 1879
Overview
Taxonomy
Ophion minutus
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from prepupa.
The recorded hosts are Agriopis aurantiaria, Agriopis leucophaearia, Agriopis marginaria, Alsophila aescularia, Clostera pigra, Erannis defoliaria, Evergestis forficalis, Lasiocampa quercus, Lycia hirtaria, Lymantria dispar, Orthosia cruda and Phigalia pilosaria.
The only recorded parasitoid is Euceros albitarsus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
22 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Ophion minutus
Kriechbaumer, 1879
Original name
Ophion minutus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Ophion
Synonyms
Ophion eremotyloides
Type
Zoologisches Staatsammlung
, München, Germany (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.
