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Genus Phobocampe

wasp of some sort - Phobocampe - female Ichneumon - Phobocampe geometrae - male Ichneumonidae, cocoon - Phobocampe Ichneumonidae, lateral - Phobocampe - female Ichneumonidae, dorsal - Phobocampe Ichneumonidae, lateral, dead - Phobocampe Ichneumonidae, ventral - Phobocampe Ichnemonidae cocoon on Copper Underwing larva - Phobocampe
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)
Works Cited
1.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
2.Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 6 November, 2009 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2010 - 1:41pm

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