Pteromalus puparum | |
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Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pteromalidae |
Genus: | Pteromalus |
Species: | P. puparum
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Binomial name | |
Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth. [1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies. [2] [3]
Pteromalus puparum | |
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Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pteromalidae |
Genus: | Pteromalus |
Species: | P. puparum
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Binomial name | |
Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth. [1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies. [2] [3]