Ctenochares bicolorus

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Ctenochares bicolorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Ctenochares
Species:
C. bicolorus
Binomial name
Ctenochares bicolorus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Ichneumon bicolorus

Ctenochares bicolorus is a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. Originally from Africa, this species has spread and is considered invasive in many other parts of the world.[1][2] It is a pupal parasitoid of Chrysodeixis chalcites.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fitton, M.G.; Gauld, I.D.; Roberts, Lin; Walker, A.K. (1983). "An African ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) in Australasia". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 73 (3): 465–468. doi:10.1017/S0007485300009081. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ Verheyde, Fons (2019). "First records of the ichneumonid Ctenochares bicolorus in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 53: 43–47. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ del Pino, Modesto; Cabello, Tomás; Hernández-Suárez, Estrella (June 2022). "Biological Control Options for the Golden Twin-Spot Moth, Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Banana Crops of the Canary Islands". Insects. 13 (6): 516. doi:10.3390/insects13060516. ISSN 2075-4450. PMID 35735853.