Pteromalus puparum

Pteromalus puparum
Pteromalus puparum with chrysalis they emerged from
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pteromalidae
Genus:	Pteromalus
Species:	P. puparum
Binomial name
Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pteromalus puparum, common name white butterfly pupal parasitoid wasp, is a widely distributed species of endoparasitic wasp that oviposits in and parasitizes Lepidoptera cocoons. It is used as a biological control of the white cabbage moth. ^[1] This wasp parasitizes a number of other species, including at least 11 kinds of swallowtail butterflies. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Zhu, Yu; Fang, Qi; Liu, Yang; Gao, Ling-Feng; Yan, Zhi-Chao; Ye, Gong-Yin (November 2015). "THE ENDOPARASITOID Pteromalus puparum INFLUENCES HOST GENE EXPRESSION WITHIN FIRST HOUR OF PARASITIZATION" . Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 90 (3): 140–153. doi:10.1002/arch.21250. ISSN   0739-4462. PMID   26241821.
2. Takagi, M. (1987). "The Reproductive Strategy of the Gregarious Parasitoid, Pteromalus puparum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). 3. Superparasitism in a Field Population" . Oecologia. 71 (3): 321–324. Bibcode:1987Oecol..71..321T. doi:10.1007/BF00378702. ISSN   0029-8549. JSTOR   4218165. PMID   28312976. S2CID   27607667.
3. Jiménez-Galván, Edith; Castañeda-Vildózola, Álvaro; Sánchez-Pale, Jesús R.; Medel, Sotero AGUILAR; Valdez-Carrasco, Jorge; Coronado-Blanco, Juana M. (2020). "First record of the parasitoid Pteromalus puparum L. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) associated with pupae of Pterourus multicaudatus (Kirby) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Mexico". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 79 (2): 43–47. doi: 10.25085/rsea.790206 .