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Species Oobius agrili

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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)

Family Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)

Subfamily Encyrtinae

Genus Oobius

Species agrili (Oobius agrili)

Explanation of Names

Oobius agrili Zhang & Huang 2005

Range

native to China

Food

solitary egg parasitoid of Agrilus planipennis

Remarks

introduced into NA to control A. planipennis (emerald ash borer) (Bauer & Houping 2007)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 April, 2011 - 5:30pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 February, 2013 - 12:11pm

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