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Mesochorus discitergas Say

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

Mesochorus discitergas Say 1835. Holotype: desposition unknown Type locality: unknown

Distribution

Afrotropical, Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental regions

Biology

Hosts: Arctiidae, Braconidae, Geometridae, Ichneumonidae, Lymantriidae, Lyonetiidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Pieridae, Sphingidae, Zygaenidae

Reference

Say, T. 1835. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History. 1(3):210-305.

Credits

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