(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Microgastrinae; Genus: Cotesia)

Cotesia typhae Fernández-Triana, 2017 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania). Holotype in (CBGP). Type locality: Kenya, Makindu, 2.28°S, 37.82°E.

Holotype CNC634434

Paratype

Biology

Larval endoparasitoid of Sesamia nonagrioides (Noctuidae) on Typhaceae and Cyperaceae.

Distribution

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania.

References

Fiaboe KMK, Fernández-Triana JL, Nyamu FW, Agbodzavu KM. 2017. Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 61: 49-64. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.61.21015

Kaiser L, Fernández-Triana J, Capdevielle-Dulac C, Chantre C, Bodet M, Kaoula F, Benoist R, Calatayud P, Dupas S, Herniou EA, Jeannette R, Obonyo J, Silvain JF, Le Ru B. 2017. Systematics and biology of Cotesia typhae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a potential biological control agent against the noctuid Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia               nonagrioides. ZooKeys 682: 105–136. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.13016

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

Credits

Photographs © Jose Fernández-Triana (CNCI). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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