Distribution
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Afrotropical region (Introduced):
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, South
Africa (Kfir, et al., 2002).
Indo-Australian and Oriental regions:
India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Thailand.
Palaearctic region: China, Japan. |
Biology
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Hosts: more than 30 moth species (Pyraloidea),
including many stem borers of cultivated Poaceae e.g. Chilo,
Sesamia and Procerata spp. |
References
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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.
Seyrig, A. 1932.
Les Ichneumonides de Madagascar. I Ichneumonidae Pimplinae. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache.
Fascicule 11. 183pp.
Thunberg, C.P. 1824. Ichneumonidea, Insecta Hymenoptera
illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint
Petersbourg, 9, 285–368.
Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K.,
Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011.
Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from
Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad.
www.taxapad.com
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Credits
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Photographs by
Agničle
Touret-Alby
© MNHN (specimens database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr). |
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