A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas

Abstract. The braconid wasp parasitoid Cotesia nuellorum Whitfield, new species, is described from specimens reared from a caterpillar of the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis (F.), and from a caterpillar of the luna moth, Actias luna (L.), in eastern Texas. The species is diagnosed with resp...

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Autores principales: Whitfield, James B., Jr., Robert J. Nuelle, III, Robert J. Nuelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674887
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.242226
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description Abstract. The braconid wasp parasitoid Cotesia nuellorum Whitfield, new species, is described from specimens reared from a caterpillar of the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis (F.), and from a caterpillar of the luna moth, Actias luna (L.), in eastern Texas. The species is diagnosed with respect to other species of Cotesia recorded from North American Saturniidae, and details of its biology are provided.
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spelling pubmed-59044852018-04-19 A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas Whitfield, James B. Jr., Robert J. Nuelle III, Robert J. Nuelle Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The braconid wasp parasitoid Cotesia nuellorum Whitfield, new species, is described from specimens reared from a caterpillar of the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis (F.), and from a caterpillar of the luna moth, Actias luna (L.), in eastern Texas. The species is diagnosed with respect to other species of Cotesia recorded from North American Saturniidae, and details of its biology are provided. Pensoft Publishers 2018-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5904485/ /pubmed/29674887 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.242226 Text en James B. Whitfield, Robert J. Nuelle Jr., Robert J. Nuelle III http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Whitfield, James B.
Jr., Robert J. Nuelle
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A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title_full A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title_fullStr A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title_short A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas
title_sort new species of cotesia cameron (hymenoptera, braconidae, microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, citheronia regalis, and luna moth, actias luna, in east texas
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674887
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.242226
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