| Hedychrum nobile | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Hedychrum |
| Species: | H. nobile |
| Binomial name | |
| Hedychrum nobile Scopoli, 1763 | |
Hedychrum nobile is a species of cuckoo wasps (insect in the family Chrysididae). [1]
Hedychrum nobile can reach a length of 4–9 millimetres (0.16–0.35 in). Head, scutellum, post scutellum and median segment are blue or green, pronotum, mesonotum and the abdomen are golden purple.
These wasps fly from mid-June to September. Usually they prefer sandy habitats and rocky slopes. The main host species of this parasitic wasp is Cerceris arenaria . [1]
This species can be found in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm and in North Africa. [2] [3]
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