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Species Ooencyrtus kuvanae

Representative Images

Encyrtid Wasps (Ooencyrtus kuvanae) - Ooencyrtus kuvanae Courtship - Ooencyrtus kuvanae - male - female gypsy moth egg parasitoid wasp - Ooencyrtus kuvanae encyrtid - Ooencyrtus kuvanae Ooencyrtus kuvanae - female Ooencyrtus kuvanae Ooencyrtus kuvanae Ooencyrtus kuvanae - female

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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)
Subfamily Encyrtinae
Genus Ooencyrtus
Species kuvanae (Ooencyrtus kuvanae)

Food

Eggs of Lymantria dispar h in this country.

Life Cycle

Female overwinters in leaf litter and becomes active in April. Oviposits on spongy moth egg masses. The generation that emerges oviposits on second generation of moth egg masses in July-August. A third generation emerges in September to November. There may be a fourth generation in warmer areas.

Remarks

First introduced from Japan in 1909. Later, repeatedly introduced in the 1970s and 1980s to combat the invasive moth, Lymantria dispar.
In 2017 it has been seen parasitizing eggs of another invader, the recently introduced Lycorma delicatula, the Spotted Lanternfly, (Journal of Insect Science).

Internet References

Entomology, Wisconsin
A species of wasp might be enemy of spotted lanternfly
Literature Review of Ooencyrtus Kuvanae: (Encyrtidae) an egg Parasite of Lymantria dispar. Entomophaga
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 May, 2007 - 11:12am
Additional contributions by metrioptera, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 August, 2024 - 6:48pm

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