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Species Rhynchophion flammipennis

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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 Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Ophioninae (Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps)
Genus Rhynchophion
Species flammipennis (Rhynchophion flammipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thyredon flammipennis Ashmead, 1894
Identification
Body black, wings strongly orange with black at the apex and base, antennae variably yellow to black.
Food
Larval host: Manduca sexta. Also reared from M. lefeburii from Mexico and southward.
Remarks
Probably a mimic of certain Pepsini (tarantula-hawk wasps and allies)
Internet References
American Entomological Institute
Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 September, 2009 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 January, 2023 - 4:23am

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