Xanthopimpla punctata
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| Xanthopimpla punctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Genus: | Xanthopimpla |
| Species: | X. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthopimpla punctata (Fabricius, 1781) | |
Xanthopimpla punctata, also known as the yellow ichneumon wasp, is a brightly yellow-colored ichneumonid wasp of subfamily Pimplinae. Xanthopimpla species play a beneficial role in agriculture. They are important pupal parasitoids of lepidopterous stem borers of cereals, sugar cane and other crops; they lay their eggs on moth caterpillars that damage crops.[1] Host species include Haritalodes derogata, Chilo suppressalis, Chilo sacchariphagus, Parnara guttata, and Naranga aenescens. [2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)". Project Noah.
- ↑ "GENUS XANTHOPIMPLA SAUSSURE, 1892 (ICHNEUMONIDAE: PIMPLINAE) FROM POTHWAR REGION (PUNJAB) OF PAKISTAN". The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 30 (3). Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum: 716. 2020-03-25. doi:10.36899/japs.2020.3.0084. ISSN 1018-7081.
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