Diadegma mollipla is a wasp which parasitises the larvae of the diamondback moth and the potato tuber moth. The species was first described by August Holmgren in 1868. Its range includes the Canary Islands, Britain and parts of Africa.[1][2][3]

Diadegma mollipla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Diadegma
Species:
D. mollipla
Binomial name
Diadegma mollipla
Holmgren, 1868

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Diamondback moth". Agricultural Research Council. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Species Page - Diadegma mollipla". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  3. ^ Rossbach, A.; Löhr, B. & Vidal, S. (2008). "Interspecific competition between Diadegma semiclausum Hellen and Diadegma mollipla (Holmgren), parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L), feeding on a new host plant". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 98 (2): 135–43. doi:10.1017/S0007485307005482. PMID 18062837. S2CID 27710345.

Further reading edit

  • Talekar, N. S. & Shelton, A. M. (1993). "Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Diamondback Moth". Annual Review of Entomology. 38: 275–301. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.38.010193.001423.
  • Nofemela, Robert S. (2004). Studies on Parasitoids of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in South Africa (PDF) (MSc thesis). South Africa: Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
  • Holmgren, A. E. (1868.) "Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit.", Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. 6 :391–442.
  • Taxapad Ichneumonoidea. Yu D.S.K., May 4, 2009
  • Cameron, P. (1905). "On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Cape Colony and Transvaal". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 15: 195–257.
  • Cameron, P. (1906). "Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town". Annals of the South African Museum. 5: 17–186.
  • Cameron, P. (1905). "On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa (Third paper)". Record of the Albany Museum. 1: 297–314.

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