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Genus Trichogramma

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Trichogrammatid - Trichogramma - male Tiny Wasp - Trichogramma Wasp - Trichogramma Wasp - Trichogramma Wasp - Trichogramma Wasp - Trichogramma - male Trichogramma sp. - Trichogramma - female parasitic wasp? - Trichogramma

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 Trichogrammatidae
Genus Trichogramma

Numbers

66 spp. in our area, >220 worldwide(1)

Food

Endoparasitoids of insect eggs. Over 200 species of moths. Among them some pests: the rice and corn stem borer, cabbageworm, tomato hornworm,Heliotis and Helicoverpa species, codling moth, cutworm, armyworm, webworm, cabbage looper, fruit worms, and sugarcane borer.

Life Cycle

Female examines the host's eggs by antennal drumming. Then perforates them with her ovipositor and lays an egg. She usually stays on or near the host eggs

Remarks

member of the subfam. Trichogrammatinae that includes ~80 spp. in 13 genera in our area and TBA spp. in ~40 genera worldwide(1)
Trichogramma ostriniae has been introduced as a biocontrol of Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis.
Trichogramma evanescens has been introduced as biocontrol of the cabbage butterfly Pieris rapae.

Internet References

Cornell U.
Wisconsin U.
Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by v belov on 18 May, 2011 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 8 May, 2018 - 7:30pm

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