Diaeretiella rapae
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Diaeretiella rapae | |
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Diaeretiella rapae larva exposed in its aphid host | |
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Genus: | Diaeretiella Stary, 1960
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Species: | D. rapae
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Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh, 1855)
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Diaeretiella rapae is a species of cosmopolitan parasitoid wasp. It parasitizes many species of aphids, but especially the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae. It is the only species in the genus Diaeretiella.
Other host aphids include Aphis craccivora, Aphis fabae, Aphis gossypii, Aphis nasturtii, Aphis pomi, Aphis rumicis, Brachycolus asparagi, Brachycaudus helichrysi, Brachycaudus rumexicolens, Capitophonis, Dactynotus sp., Diuraphis noxius, Hayhurstia atriplicis, Hyadaphis foeniculi, Lipaphis erysimi, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Myzus certus, Myzus persicae, Protaphis sp., Rhopalosiphum fitchii, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum padi and Schizaphis graminum.[1]
References
- ^ Paul M. Marsh (1979). "Family Aphidiidae". In Carl F. W. Muesebeck (ed.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). pp. 295–312.
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