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Compsophorus fumosus (Morley)

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

Enijoppa fumosa Morley 1915. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality:

Distribution

Compsophorus fumosus_map

Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Biology

 Host: Argyrostagma niobe (Lymantriidae), Dasychira georgiana (Lymantriidae)

Reference

 Morley, C. 1915. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part IV. Tribes Joppides, Banchides and Alomyides. British Museum, London. 167pp.

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