Cotesia icipe | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Cotesia |
Species: | C. icipe
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Binomial name | |
Cotesia icipe Fiaboe, Fernández-Triana, Nyamu, & Agbodzavu 2017
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Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia. Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biological control of Lepidopteran pests of amaranth crops in those areas. [1]
Kenya ( Yatta Constituency, Mwea Constituency, Kitengela, Thika, [1] and Machakos), [2] Madagascar, [1] Saudi Arabia, [1] South Africa, [1] Yemen, [1] and Ethiopia ( Awasa (Hawassa), Jimma, and Awash-Melkasa). [2]
Cotesia icipe | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Cotesia |
Species: | C. icipe
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Binomial name | |
Cotesia icipe Fiaboe, Fernández-Triana, Nyamu, & Agbodzavu 2017
[1]
|
Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia. Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biological control of Lepidopteran pests of amaranth crops in those areas. [1]
Kenya ( Yatta Constituency, Mwea Constituency, Kitengela, Thika, [1] and Machakos), [2] Madagascar, [1] Saudi Arabia, [1] South Africa, [1] Yemen, [1] and Ethiopia ( Awasa (Hawassa), Jimma, and Awash-Melkasa). [2]