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Genus of wasps
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Tetrastichus
Tetrastichus planipennisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Tetrastichus
Haliday, 1844
Type species
Tetrastichus miser, (originally designated as Cirrospilus attalus Walker, 1839)
(Nees, 1834)
Species

450+ species

Synonyms
  • Ceratoneuronomyia Girault, 1913
  • Ennetoma Dahlbom, 1857
  • Lygellus Giard, 1896
  • Neotetrastichus Perkins, 1912
  • Neparaprostocetus Mani, 1939
  • Pseudomphaloides Girault, 1915
  • Redinia Girault, 1936
  • Solenoderus Motschulsky, 1863

Tetrastichus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.

Tetrastichus planipennisi is a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, a wood boring insect native to Asia which is an invasive species in North America. T. planipennisi is being evaluated as a biological control agent.

Host species

The genus Tetrastichus parasitizes many different species of Lepidoptera, such as Pyralis farinalis.

References

  1. Cotton, R. T.; Good, Newell Emanuel; Agriculture, United States Dept of; Quarantine, United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant (1937). Annotated list of the insects and mites associated with stored grain and cereal products, and of their arthropod parasites and predators. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 2. farinalis.
Taxon identifiers
Tetrastichus


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