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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) » Microgastrinae » Cotesia

Genus Cotesia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
NJ Caterpillar with eggs? - Cotesia congregata caterpillar trauma - Cotesia Cotesia Cotesia congregata ex. Eumorpha pandorus - Cotesia congregata egg case? or pupa? - Cotesia clustered empty cocoons, braconid - Cotesia Tobacco horn worm with parasites - Cotesia congregata Braconidae; Microgastrinae; Cotesia? - Cotesia - male
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 Microgastrinae
Genus Cotesia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microgaster in part
Apanteles in part
Explanation of Names
Cotesia Cameron, 1891
Numbers
77 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Propodeum strongly wrinkled; ovipositor hardly extending beyond apex of abdomen; anterior of T2 broader than posterior of petiole; T2 frequently subquadrate; second submarginal cell of forewing not closed.(2)


Wing venation
Food
Hosts: Armyworm, bollworm, cabbage looper, cabbageworm, celery looper, corn earworm, cutworm, diamondback moth, spongy moth, hornworm, stem borer, tobacco budworm, webworm.
Life Cycle
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Larvae that build their cocoons in late winter will overwinter as larvae and pupate in the spring of the following year (Fulton BB. 1940. The hornworm parasite, Apanteles congregatus (Say) and the hyperparasite, Hypopteromalus tabacum (Fitch). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 33: 231-244.)
Adult female Cotesia marginiventris must locate caterpillars to parasitize before the end of the host's second instar.
Remarks
Two species have been introduced to combat the cabbageworm (Pieris rapae), C. glomerata and C. rubecula, (Florida Entomologist.
Internet References
U. of Kentucky
OISAT.org
University of Florida. Cotesia marginiventris.
Preliminary evolutionary relationships of the genus Cotesia
NCSU.
Preliminary evolutionary relationships within the genus Cotesia. Systematic Entomology. PDF document
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)
Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, M.J. Sharkey (Eds). 1997. International Society of Hymenopterists.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 21 July, 2007 - 4:46pm
Additional contributions by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 5 October, 2024 - 8:26pm

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