Cratichneumon coruscator

Cratichneumon coruscator
Male of Cratichneumon coruscator var. luridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Ichneumoninae
Genus: Cratichneumon
Species: C. coruscator
Binomial name
Cratichneumon coruscator
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cratichneumon nigriscapus Constantineanu, Andriescu & Ciochia, 1956
  • Cratichneumon basiflavus Constantineanu, Andriescu & Ciochia, 1956
  • Cratichneumon bimaculatus Constantineanu, 1951
  • Cratichneumon nigrifrons Constantineanu, 1951
  • Cratichneumon pyrenaeus (Tischbein, 1882)
  • Cratichneumon binotatus (Desvignes, 1856)
  • Cratichneumon metaxanthus (Hartig, 1838)
  • Cratichneumon gasterator (Stephens, 1835)
  • Cratichneumon alacer (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Cratichneumon luridus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Cratichneumon ambulator (Muller, 1776)

Cratichneumon coruscator is a species of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. [1][2]

Description

Cratichneumon coruscator can reach a length of 9–14 millimetres (0.35–0.55 in) in males, of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in) in females. Adults can be found from May to August. Larvae feed on Panolis flammea and other Noctuidae. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in the Oriental ecozone. [4] It lives in hedge rows.

References

Bibliography


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.