Cratichneumon coruscator | |
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Male of Cratichneumon coruscator var. luridus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Genus: | Cratichneumon |
Species: | C. coruscator |
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Cratichneumon coruscator (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Cratichneumon coruscator is a species of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. [1] [2]
Cratichneumon coruscator can reach a length of 9–14 millimetres (0.35–0.55 in) in males, of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in) in females. Adults can be found from May to August. Larvae feed on Panolis flammea and other Noctuidae. [3]
This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in the Oriental ecozone. [4] It lives in hedge rows.