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Protapanteles popularis
(Haliday, 1834)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Cerura vinula, Helicoverpa zea [Gossypium hirsutum], Laothoe populi, Pandemis cerasana, Pasiphila rectangulata, Utetheisa jacobaeae and Utetheisa jacobaeae [Senecio jacobaea].
The recorded parasitoids are
Mesochorus anomalus
and
Mesochorus discitergus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from China-Jiangsu, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Mongolia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia-Yaroslavl Oblast, Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Protapanteles popularis
(Haliday, 1834)
Original name
Microgaster popularis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Protapanteles
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female, neotype)
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.
