Venturia canescens

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Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Description

Biology

A solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.

There are 22 recorded hosts.

Biology compiled from Taxapad^[1].

Distribution

Known from the Palaearctic, Australian, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Neotropical regions, with records from 82 countries and regions. Records from GBIF and the Bugweb collection are shown on the map.

Country records from Taxapad^[1], Dyntaxa^[2], FinBIF^[3] and Artsnavnebasen^[4].

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GBIF records GBIF ↗GBIF occurrence records are shown as reported and may include misidentifications.

Accepted name

Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Original name

Campoplex canescens^[5]

Taxonomic level

species

Combination history

Campoplex
Devorgilla
Exidechthis
Idechthis
Nemeritis
Ophion
Porizon
Venturia

Synonyms

Venturia australica^[6]
Venturia christianae^[7]
Venturia compressa^[8]
Venturia ductilis^[9]
Venturia ephestia^[10]
Venturia ephestiae^[11]
Venturia frumentaria^[12]
Venturia garrula^[13]
Venturia gracilens^[14]
Venturia insularis^[15]
Venturia oahuensis^[15]
Venturia orientalis^[16]
Venturia pyraustae^[17]

Type

Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu, Wrocdaw, Poland (female)

Sources (17)

[1]Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016). Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. ↑ a b c
[2]SLU Artdatabanken (2026). Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Uppsala, Sweden. https://artfakta.se ↑
[3]Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2026). The FinBIF checklist of Finnish species, version 1.36. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Helsinki, Finland. https://laji.fi ↑
[4]Artsdatabanken (2026). Nortaxa (Artsnavnebasen), version 1.292. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Trondheim, Norway. https://artsdatabanken.no ↑
[5]Gravenhorst, J.L.C. (1829). Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae 1097 pp. cited from Taxapad ↑
[6]Girault, A.A. (1925). Records and distributions of Australian Ophioninae (Ichneumon-flies). Queensland Agricultural Journal 24: 538–541. cited from Taxapad ↑
[7]Cheesman, L.E. (1928). A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania. Part 2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(1): 169–194. cited from Taxapad ↑
[8]Hedwig, K. (1962). Mitteleuropäische Schlupfwespen und ihre Wirte. Nachrichten des Naturwissenschaftlichen Museums der Stadt Aschaffenburg 68: 87–97. cited from Taxapad ↑
[9]Say, T. (1835). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History 1(3): 210–305. cited from Taxapad ↑
[10]Froggatt, W.W. (1912). Parasitic enemies of the Mediterranean flour moth. (Ephestia kuehniella, Zeller). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 23: 307–311. cited from Taxapad ↑
[11]Cameron, P. (1912). On a collection of parasitic Hymenoptera (chiefly bred) made by Mr. W.W. Froggatt, F.L.S., in New South Wales, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 172–219. cited from Taxapad ↑
[12]Rondani, C. (1874). Nuove osservazioni sugli insetti fitofagi e sui loro parassiti. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 6: 103–136. cited from Taxapad ↑
[13]Cameron, P. (1905). On some new species of Hymenoptera collected by the Rev. J.A. O'Neill, S.J., at Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Record of the Albany Museum 1: 315–330. cited from Taxapad ↑
[14]Tosquinet, J. (1896). Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1–430. cited from Taxapad ↑
[15]Ashmead, W.H. (1901). Hymenoptera parasitica. Fauna Hawaiiensis 1(3): 277–364. cited from Taxapad ↑ a b
[16]Schmiedeknecht, O. (1909). Opuscula Ichneumonologica. IV. Band. (Fasc. XXI-XXIII.) Ophioninae. Blankenburg in Thüringen. pp 1601–1840. cited from Taxapad ↑
[17]Uchida, T. (1930). Beschreibungen der neuen echten Schlupfwespen aus Japan, Korea und Formosa. Insecta Matsumurana 4: 121–132. cited from Taxapad ↑

Host and distribution record sources (206)

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