Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Goniozus legneri - Goniozus Navel Orangeworm Wasp

Goniozus legneri - female Goniozus legneri - female Goniozus legneri - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps & allies)
Family Bethylidae (Flat Wasps)
Subfamily Bethylinae
Genus Goniozus
Species legneri (Goniozus Navel Orangeworm Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Goniozus legneri Gordh
Numbers
36 spp in genus per Arnett (1985) (1)
Food
Biological control agent of the navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella ), and other pests such as codling (Cydia pomonella) and carob moths (Ectomyelois ceratoniae)
Remarks
Introduced from South America
Print References
Legner, E.F., & G. Gordh. 1992. Lower navel orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae) population densities following establishment of Goniozus legneri (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in California. Journal of Economical Entomology 85(6): 2153-2160. Abstract