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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Braconinae » Habrobracon » Habrobracon hebetor

Species Habrobracon hebetor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Parasitoid - Habrobracon hebetor - female Parasitoid - Habrobracon hebetor - female Small black and reddish brown wasp - Habrobracon hebetor - female Another small wasp - Habrobracon hebetor - male Color variation - Habrobracon hebetor Braconid wasp - Habrobracon hebetor Braconid wasp - Habrobracon hebetor
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Braconinae
Genus Habrobracon
Species hebetor (Habrobracon hebetor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bracon hebetor Say
Bracon juglandis Ashmead
Habrobracon juglandis (most literature is under this name)
Food
Parasitoid of moths including the stored food pest Plodia interpunctella(1)
Remarks
After stinging a caterpillar the wasp sucks on the emerging juices before ovipositing. Four to seven wasps emerge in about ten days. Adults live about a month under favorable laboratory conditions. (See print references.)
Print References
M. Georgiana, "Longevity of the Parasitic Wasp Habrobracon juglandis Ashmead", The American Naturalist 83:39-48 (1949)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Sean McCann on 7 November, 2008 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 18 October, 2010 - 7:08pm

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