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Therion giganteum
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Dendrolimus pini, Dendrolimus sibiricus, Gastropacha quercifolia, Lasiocampa quercus, Lasiocampa trifolii, Lycophotia porphyrea and Pseudaletia unipuncta.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Theronia atalantae
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
19 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Therion giganteum
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Original name
Anomalon giganteum
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Exochilum
Ophion
Therion
Synonyms
Therion dendrolimi
Therion dendrolimusi
Therion pyramidatum
Type
Zoologisches Museum
, Berlin, 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.
