Xanthopimpla punctata

Xanthopimpla punctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Xanthopimpla
Species:
X. punctata
Binomial name
Xanthopimpla punctata
(Fabricius, 1781)

Xanthopimpla punctata, also known as the yellow ichneumon wasp, is a brightly yellow-colored ichneumonid wasp of subfamily Pimplinae. Xanthopimpla species play a beneficial role in agriculture. They are important pupal parasitoids of lepidopterous stem borers of cereals, sugar cane and other crops; they lay their eggs on moth caterpillars that damage crops.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)". Project Noah.
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