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Zele caligatus
(Haliday, 1835)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious or solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from prepupa.
The recorded hosts are Eupithecia absinthiata, Eupithecia absinthiata [Calluna vulgaris], Eupithecia assimilata, Eupithecia expallidata, Eupithecia indigata, Eupithecia lariciata, Eupithecia nanata, Eupithecia satyrata, Eupithecia simpliciata, Eupithecia subfuscata, Eupithecia virgaureata, Eurodryas aurinia and Melitaea cinxia.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
27 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Zele caligatus
(Haliday, 1835)
Original name
Perilitus caligatus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Zele
Zemiotes
Synonyms
Zele alaskensis
Zele neesii
Zele sibiricus
Type
National Museum of Ireland
, Dublin, Ireland (female)
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.
