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Tycherus osculator
(Thunberg, 1824)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to oviposit in host pupa. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Cydia strobilella [Picea abies], Scolytus scotylus, Tortrix viridana, Zeiraphera canadensis, Zeiraphera griseana, Zeiraphera isertana and Zeiraphera rufimitrana.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
32 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Tycherus osculator
(Thunberg, 1824)
Original name
Ichneumon osculator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Phaeogenes
Tycherus
Synonyms
Tycherus inanis
Tycherus lascivus
Tycherus nanus
Tycherus nigroclypeatus
Tycherus socius
Tycherus strandi
Tycherus tristis
Type
Uppsala Universitet, Zoologiska Institutionen, Entomologiska avdelningen
, Uppsala, Sweden (male)
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.