Cratichneumon coruscator

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Cratichneumon coruscator
Ichneumonidae - Cratichneumon coruscator var. luridus (male).JPG
Male of Cratichneumon coruscator var. luridus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Cratichneumon
Species:
C. coruscator
Binomial name
Cratichneumon coruscator
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cratichneumon nigriscapus Constantineanu, Andriescu & Ciochia, 1956
  • Cratichneumon basiflavus Constantineanu, Andriescu & Ciochia, 1956
  • Cratichneumon bimaculatus Constantineanu, 1951
  • Cratichneumon nigrifrons Constantineanu, 1951
  • Cratichneumon pyrenaeus (Tischbein, 1882)
  • Cratichneumon binotatus (Desvignes, 1856)
  • Cratichneumon metaxanthus (Hartig, 1838)
  • Cratichneumon gasterator (Stephens, 1835)
  • Cratichneumon alacer (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Cratichneumon luridus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Cratichneumon ambulator (Muller, 1776)

Cratichneumon coruscator is a species of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. [1] [2]

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Description

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]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in the Oriental ecozone. [4] It lives in hedge rows.

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