Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth.[1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies.[2][3]
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| Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Genus: | Pteromalus |
| Species: | P. puparum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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References edit
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- ^ Zhu, Yu; Fang, Qi; Liu, Yang; Gao, Ling-Feng; Yan, Zhi-Chao; Ye, Gong-Yin (November 2015). "THE ENDOPARASITOID Pteromalus puparum INFLUENCES HOST GENE EXPRESSION WITHIN FIRST HOUR OF PARASITIZATION". Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 90 (3): 140–153. doi:10.1002/arch.21250. ISSN 0739-4462. PMID 26241821.
- ^ Takagi, M. (1987). "The Reproductive Strategy of the Gregarious Parasitoid, Pteromalus puparum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). 3. Superparasitism in a Field Population". Oecologia. 71 (3): 321–324. doi:10.1007/BF00378702. ISSN 0029-8549. JSTOR 4218165. PMID 28312976. S2CID 27607667.
- ^ Jiménez-Galván, Edith; Castañeda-Vildózola, Álvaro; Sánchez-Pale, Jesús R.; Medel, Sotero AGUILAR; Valdez-Carrasco, Jorge; Coronado-Blanco, Juana M. (2020). "First record of the parasitoid Pteromalus puparum L. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) associated with pupae of Pterourus multicaudatus (Kirby) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Mexico". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 79 (2): 43–47. doi:10.25085/rsea.790206.
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