Xanthopimpla punctata

Xanthopimpla punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Tribe: Pimplini
Genus: Xanthopimpla
Species: Xanthopimpla punctata
Binomial name
Xanthopimpla punctata
(Fabricius, 1781)

Xanthopimpla punctata, also known as the Yellow Ichneumon Wasp, is a yellow-colored Ichneumon wasp of subfamily Pimplinae. Xanthopimpla spp. play a beneficial role in agriculture. They are important parasitoids of lepidopterous stem borers of cereals, sugar cane and other crops; they lay their eggs on moth caterpillars that damage crops.[1]

References

  1. "Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)". Project Noah.


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