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Ischnojoppa luteator (Fabricius)

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

Ichneumon luteator Frabricius 1798. Holotype: in Universitets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen. Type locality:

Distribution

Ischnojoppa luteator_map

Afrotropical: Senegal, Uganda, South Africa, Indo-Australian: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mynmar, Papa New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri lanka

Biology

Hosts: Borbo cinnara (Hesperiidae), Parnara guttata (Hesperiidae), Pelopidas mathias (Hesperiidae), Pelopidaes mathias oberthueri (Hesperiidae), Scirpophaga incertulas (Pyralidae), Scirpophaga nivella (Pyralidae)

Reference

Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae. 572 pp.

Credits

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