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Cotesia electrae
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Copyright © 2010
Jennifer Kleinrichert
Caterpillar on Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) -
Cotesia electrae
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
July 22, 2009
Size: about 2 inches long
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Contributed by
Jennifer Kleinrichert
on 20 October, 2010 - 6:53pm
Last updated 26 August, 2021 - 5:59pm
Moved
Moved from
Cotesia
.
The only one of the two known from New Mexico. We should be able to be reasonably confident in the species ID based on the host + locality.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 26 August, 2021 - 5:59pm
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Moved
According to the 1979 catalog of Hymenoptera, two species of
Cotesia
have been reared from
Automeris io:
electrae
and
hemileucae
.
Cotesia electrae
is a western species, although
hemileucae
was recorded from Oregon as well as from states in the eastern USA.
Moved from
parasitic Apocrita
.
…
Bob Carlson
, 24 October, 2010 - 10:09pm
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Moved
Moved from
"New Mexico Io Moth"
.
I hope that this finds a permanent home soon.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 24 October, 2010 - 8:41am
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