Copidosoma truncatellum (Dalman) and C.floridanum (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), two frequently misidentified polyembryonic parasitoids of caterpillars (Lepidoptera)
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Systematic Entomology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 197-204
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1988.tb00241.x
Abstract
In this paper it is shown that Copidosoma floridanum, a polyembryonic parasitoid of the caterpillars of Plusiinae, has almost invariably been misidentified as Copidosoma truncatellum. Both species, and also a third (chilensis) which has been synonymized incorrectly with truncatellum, are diagnosed and characters to separate them reliably are presented.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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