Cheiloneurus elegans

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Cheiloneurus elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Genus: Cheiloneurus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cheiloneurus elegans
(Dalman, 1820) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cheiloneurus elegantissimus
  • Cleonymus elegans (Dalman, 1820)
  • Encyrtus elegans

Cheiloneurus elegans is a parasitic wasp species in the genus Cheiloneurus .

Its EPPO code is CHEUEL. [2]

The host for this wasp is Contarinia larvae found inside galls. [3]

References

  1. JW Dalman - Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1820
  2. Cheiloneurus elegans at EPPO codes
  3. Zhao, Qian; Hu, Hong-Ying; Kang, Ning; Gao, Cai-Hong (2023-08-14). "Biology and morphometric relationship of gall inducers Contarinia sp. and corresponding parasitoids for swollen galls of Nitraria sibirica pall" (PDF). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 113 (5). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 645–657. doi: 10.1017/s0007485323000342 . ISSN   0007-4853 . Retrieved 2025-10-05.