Pteromalus puparum
Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pteromalidae
Genus: Pteromalus
Species:
P. puparum
Binomial name
Pteromalus puparum
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth.[1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies.[2][3]

References

  1. Zhu, Yu; Fang, Qi; Liu, Yang; Gao, Ling‐Feng; Yan, Zhi‐Chao; Ye, Gong‐Yin (November 2015). "THE ENDOPARASITOID Pteromalus puparum INFLUENCES HOST GENE EXPRESSION WITHIN FIRST HOUR OF PARASITIZATION". Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 90 (3): 140–153. doi:10.1002/arch.21250. ISSN 0739-4462.
  2. Takagi, M. (1987). "The Reproductive Strategy of the Gregarious Parasitoid, Pteromalus puparum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). 3. Superparasitism in a Field Population". Oecologia. 71 (3): 321–324. ISSN 0029-8549.
  3. Jiménez-Galván, Edith; Castañeda-Vildózola, Álvaro; Sánchez-Pale, Jesús R.; Medel, Sotero AGUILAR; Valdez-Carrasco, Jorge; Coronado-Blanco, Juana M. (2020). "First record of the parasitoid Pteromalus puparum L. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) associated with pupae of Pterourus multicaudatus (Kirby) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Mexico". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 79 (2): 43–47.


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