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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Enicospilus » Enicospilus purgatus

Species Enicospilus purgatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Enicospilus
Species purgatus (Enicospilus purgatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Enicospilus purgatus (Say 1835)
Formerly considered a junior synonym of Enicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) [misidentification](1)
Enicospilus volubilis (Holmgren, 1868)
Enicospilus flaviceps (Brullé, 1846)
Enicospilus lateralis (Brulle, 1846)
Orig. Comb: Ophion purgatus Say, 1835
Identification
Recognized by the pattern of sclerites in the discosubmarginal cell of the fore wing: proximal and central sclerite prominent but distal sclerite reduced to a thin crescent.
Range
widespread Canada to Argentina (less common in Rocky Mtn states)
Season
mostly May-Oct (BG data)
Food
Hosts:
Drepana bilineata (Packard, 1864)
Agrotis subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823)
Discestra trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856
Melanchra picta (Harris, 1841)
Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852)
Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797)
Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852)
Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker, 1855)
Schizura concinna (Smith, 1797)
Schizura unicornis (Smith, 1797)
Print References
Fernandes, D.R.R., Onody, H.C., Lara, R.I.R., & Perioto, N.W. (2014). Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). EntomoBrasilis, 7(2), 124-133.
Internet References
Wing Venation of Nearctic Ophioninae.
Works Cited
1.The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
José L. Fernández-Triana. 2005. Zootaxa, 1007: 1-60.
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 6 November, 2009 - 2:10pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, PaleoJon, behmrachel
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 9:45pm

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