Distribution
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Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Reunion,
Uganda. |
Biology
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Hosts:
Procerata venosata (Lepidoptera: Brachodidae) (Gauld & Mitchell
1978), Busseola fusca, Sesamia calamistis and S.
vuteria (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (Zwart 1998). |
References
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Delobel, A. 1974. Deux Enicospilus
nouveaux parasites de Sesamia calamistis, "Borer rose" du maïs, à
Madagascar (Hym. Ichneumonidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de
France. 79:98-104.
Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A. 1978. The taxonomy, distribution and host
preferences of African parasitic wasps of the subfamily Ophioninae (Hymenoptera,
Ichneumonidae). Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Slough, England, 287
pp.
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.
Zwart, K.W.R. 1998. Ichneumonidae.
In A.
Polaszek (Ed), African
cereals stem borers: economic importance, taxonomy, nat-ural enemies and control.
CAB International, New York, USA, pp. 205–258. |
Credits
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Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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