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Diadegma species 

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Campopleginae; Genus: Diadegma)

Diadegma species. Holotype: in  Type locality:

 

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

References

Azidah, A.A., Fitton, M.G. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2000. Identification of the Diadegma species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) attacking the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 90(5), 375–389.

Dunhawoor, C. & Abeeluck, D. 1998. Integrated control of Plutella xylostella (L.)(Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in Mauritius. In N. S. Talekar (Ed), 2nd Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientist, 12–13 Aug. 1997, Réduit, Mauritius, 1998. Food and Agricultural Research Council, pp 181–187.

Labou, B. Bordat, D. Niang, A.A. & Diarra, K. 2016. First record of the larval parasitoid Diadegma insulare (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from Senegal. African Entomology 24: 533-535.

Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012. Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species. Zootaxa 3278: 1–57.

Credits

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