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Roger Ryan, USFS PNW Station, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1564036

Eulophid wasp (Dicladocerus westwoodii Westwood, 1832) Westwood, 1832

Photographer:
Roger Ryan
Organization:
USFS PNW Station
Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Gender:
Female
Description:
The European parasitoid, Dicladocerus westwoodii, intrtoduced into North America for biological control of the larch casebearer, is shown here ovipositing into a caseberring larva
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
larch casebearer (Coleophora laricella (Hubner))

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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Dicladocerus
Subject: Dicladocerus westwoodii Westwood, 1832

Host

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Subfamily: Coleophorinae
Genus: Coleophora
Subject: Coleophora laricella (Hubner)
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Image last updated:
Tuesday, September 15, 2009