Meteorus rubens | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Meteorus |
Species: | M. rubens
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Binomial name | |
Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835) |
Meteorus rubens is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon. [2] [3] The wasps have been shown to be easily collected through the use of traps baited with mustard oils. [4] They have been shown to carry Rioviridae RNA viruses, one of only a few parasitoids to carry them. [5]
Meteorus rubens | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Meteorus |
Species: | M. rubens
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Binomial name | |
Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835) |
Meteorus rubens is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon. [2] [3] The wasps have been shown to be easily collected through the use of traps baited with mustard oils. [4] They have been shown to carry Rioviridae RNA viruses, one of only a few parasitoids to carry them. [5]