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Genus Diadegma

Ichneumon wasp - Diadegma - female Ichneumon Wasp - Diadegma - female Diadegma? - Diadegma - female Tiny Ichneumon wasp? - Diadegma - female Tiny Ichneumon wasp? - Diadegma - female Pimpla sp.? - Diadegma - female ichneumon wasp cocoon - Diadegma ichneumon wasp cocoon - Diadegma
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 Campopleginae
Genus Diadegma
Explanation of Names
Diadegma Förster, 1869
Numbers
3 subgenera(1), with 44 spp. in our area(2)(3)
Range
Worldwide(1)
Remarks
D. insulare parasitizes Lepidoptera (considered a biocontrol agent against the Cabbage Diamondback Moth) and occurs naturally in e. NA to the plains states and in so. CA. (Fact sheet)(4)