Biology:Cotesia marginiventris

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Short description: Species of wasp

Cotesia marginiventris
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Cotesia
Species:
C. marginiventris
Binomial name
Cotesia marginiventris
Cresson 1865 [1]
Synonyms

Apanteles marginiventris[2]

Cotesia marginiventris is a species of parasitoid wasp that develops in Noctuidae caterpillars. It can be found in the Americas. The wasp finds caterpillar hosts to rear its young in by detecting the volatiles produced by the plants that the herbivorous caterpillars feed on. [3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1912971 entry