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Genus Phobocampe

Phobocampe unicincta - female wasp of some sort - Phobocampe - female Ichneumon cocoon - Phobocampe geometrae Ichneumonidae, lateral - Phobocampe - female Ichneumonidae, cocoon, moving - Phobocampe Ichneumonidae, lateral, live - Phobocampe Ichneumonidae cocoon - Phobocampe - female Ichneumonidae, lateral - Phobocampe - 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 Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Campopleginae
Genus Phobocampe
Numbers
over 20 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Range
Eurasia and the Americas(2)
Food
host: mostly macrolepidoptera which do not conceal themselves when feeding(2)