Cotesia icipe

Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia. Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biocontrol of Lepidopteran pests of Amaranth crops in those areas.[1]

Cotesia icipe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Cotesia
Species:
C. icipe
Binomial name
Cotesia icipe
Fernández-Triana & Fiaboe, 2017

References
  1. "Fiaboe KKM, Fernández-Triana J, Nyamu FW, Agbodzavu KM (2017) Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 61: 49–64. DOI 10.3897/jhr.61.21015".


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