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Itoplectis melanocephala (Gravenhorst)

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

Pimpla melanocephala Gravenhorst 1829. Holotype: desposition unknown Type locality

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Azerbaijin, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhastan, Kenya, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Taijikistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

Biology

Hosts: Aletia impura (Hadeninae), Chilo phragmitellus (Crambinae), Depressaria daucella (Depressariidae), Depressaria pastinacella (Depressariidae), Leucania obsoleta (Hadeninae), Monda rogenhoferi (Psychidae), Ostrinia nubilalis (Pyraustinae).

Reference

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae. 1097 pp.

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