Cotesia icipe

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Cotesia icipe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Cotesia
Species:
C. icipe
Binomial name
Cotesia icipe
Fiaboe, Fernández-Triana, Nyamu, & Agbodzavu 2017 [1]

Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia . Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biological control of Lepidopteran pests of amaranth crops in those areas. [1]

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Range

Kenya (Yatta Constituency, Mwea Constituency, Kitengela, Thika, [1] and Machakos), [2] Madagascar, [1] Saudi Arabia, [1] South Africa, [1] Yemen, [1] and Ethiopia (Awasa (Hawassa), Jimma, and Awash-Melkasa). [2]

Hosts

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fiaboe, Komi K.M.; Fernández-Triana, Jose; Nyamu, Faith W.; Agbodzavu, Komi M. (2017-12-20). "Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa". Journal of Hymenoptera Research . 61. International Society of Hymenopterists (Pensoft): 49–64. doi: 10.3897/jhr.61.21015 . ISSN   1314-2607. S2CID   53705491.
  2. 1 2 3 Sisay, Birhanu; Simiyu, Josephine; Malusi, Peter; Likhayo, Paddy; Mendesil, Esayas; Elibariki, Nsami; Wakgari, Mulatu; Ayalew, Gashawbeza; Tefera, Tadele (2018-06-13). "First report of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), natural enemies from Africa". Journal of Applied Entomology . 142 (8). Wiley: 800–804. doi:10.1111/jen.12534. ISSN   0931-2048. S2CID   90949331.
  3. B. M. Prasanna; Joseph E. Huesing; Regina Eddy; Virginia M. Peschke. "Fall Armyworm in Africa: A Guide for Integrated Pest Management" (PDF). Integrated Pest Management Florida (1 ed.). USAID, CIMMYT, CGIAR MAIZE. pp. 1–120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-27.