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Telenomus
Sign in to saveTelenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45,806
- With media
- 1,788
- Family
- Scelionidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, ASU, USNM, INHS, NMSU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scelionidae
- Image
- Telenomus cf acrobates.jpg
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- Telenomus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Telenomus
- Commons category
- Telenomus
- taxon author citation
- Haliday, 1833
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Telenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Known hosts include: Agrius convolvuli, Amsacta moorei, Bagrada hilaris, Chilo auricilius, Cricula trifenestrata, Eudocima fullonia, Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa punctigera, Helopeltis antonii, Helopeltis theivora, Leptocybe invasa, Orgyia postica, Piezodorus hybneri, and Sahlbergella singularis.
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