Distribution
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Canary Islands, Kenya,
Mauritius, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen,
Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Also in Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.
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Biology
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Koinobiont endoparasitoid of
mainly lepidopteran (butterfly and moth), but also dipteran (fly) and
hymenopteran (wasp) larva. |
References
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Azidah, A.A., Fitton, M.G. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2000.
Identification of the Diadegma species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae,
Campopleginae) attacking the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella
(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 90(5),
375–389.
Förster,
A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen
des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens
25: 135-221.
Gravenhorst,
J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae. 1097
pp.
Labou,
B.
Bordat,
D.
Niang,
A.A. & Diarra,
K.
2016. First record of the larval
parasitoid Diadegma insulare (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae:
Campopleginae) from Senegal. African Entomology 24: 533-535.
Löhr B, Gathu R, Kariuki C, Obiero J & Gichini G 2007.
Impact of an exotic parasitoid on Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera:
Plutellidae) population dynamics, damage and indigenous natural enemies in
Kenya. Bulletin of Entomological Research 97: 337–350.
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.
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Credits
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Photograph and map illustration ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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