Minotetrastichus frontalis
| Minotetrastichus frontalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Genus: | Minotetrastichus |
| Species: | M. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees, 1834)
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Minotetrastichus frontalis is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eulophidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a parasitoid of Phyllonorycter moths, with larvae capable of feeding on both larval and pupal stages of the moth. M. frontalis has four larval stages and three molts, with development lasting eleven days.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Minotetrastichus frontalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Minotetrastichus frontalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Minotetrastichus frontalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Minotetrastichus frontalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Yefremova, Z.; Mishchenko, A. (June 2012). "The preimaginal stages of Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees) and Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids associated with Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (21–22): 1283–1305. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.654517.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
External links[edit]
Media related to Minotetrastichus frontalis at Wikimedia Commons
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