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Pimpla Disparis
''Pimpla disparis'' is a species of Ichneumonidae wasp. It is a pupal parasitoid of ''Lymantria dispar'', although it is a generalist parasitoid, attacking other species such as '' Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis''. It is native to the Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ... realm, and has since the 1970s been introduced to the United States for biological pest control. References Pimplinae Insects described in 1911 Biological pest control wasps Insects used as insect pest control agents Palearctic insects Taxa named by Henry Lorenz Viereck {{Ichneumonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lorenz Viereck
Henry Lorenz Viereck (28 March 1881, Philadelphia - 8 October 1931, Loudonville, New York) was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typi .... He wrote ''Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Pt. III. The Hymenoptera, or wasp-like insects of Connecticut''. Conn. State Geol. & Nat. Hist. Survey No. 22: 1-824 and many other works. See also * :Taxa named by Henry Lorenz Viereck References *Mallis, A. 1971 ''American Entomologists''. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick. *Osborn, H. 1937 ''Fragments of Entomological History Including Some Personal Recollections of Men and Events''. Columbus, Ohio, Published by the Author. *Osborn, H. 1952 ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species described . However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true richness as reliable estimates are lacking, along with much of the most basic knowledge about their ecology, distribution, and evolution.Quicke, D. L. J. (2015). ''The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology''. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. It is estimated that there are more species in this family than there are species of birds and mammals combined. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They play an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lymantria Dispar
''Lymantria dispar'', also known as the gypsy moth or the spongy moth, is a species of Lepidoptera, moth in the family Erebidae native to Europe and Asia. ''Lymantria dispar'' is subdivided into several subspecies, with subspecies such as ''Lymantria dispar dispar, L. d. dispar'' and ''Lymantria dispar japonica, L. d. japonica'' being clearly identifiable without ambiguity. ''Lymantria dispar'' has been introduced to several continents and is now additionally found as an invasive species in Africa, North America and South America. The List of feeding behaviours#By food type, polyphagous larvae live on a variety of deciduous and Pinophyta, coniferous trees and can cause severe damage in years of mass reproduction. Due to these features, ''Lymantria dispar'' is listed among the 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species, world's 100 worst invasive alien species. Etymology The etymology of "gypsy moth" is not conclusively known; however, the term is known to have been in use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyridopteryx Ephemeraeformis
The evergreen bagworm (''Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis''), commonly known as bagworm, eastern bagworm, common bagworm, common basket worm, or North American bagworm, is a moth that spins its cocoon in its larval life, decorating it with bits of plant material from the trees on which it feeds. The evergreen bagworm's case grows to over 6 cm, tapered and open on both ends. Newborn larvae are blackish and turn brown to tan as they grow, mottled with black. The heads and Thorax (insect anatomy), thorax develop a yellow tint as they grow to a total length of 24 to 32 mm. Adult males resemble bees, having a 25 mm wingspan with transparent wings (''thuris'' window + ''pterux'' wing) and black furry bodies. Adult females are maggot-like with yellowish-white soft bodies 19 to 23 mm long and small tufts of hair near the end of the abdomen. The cream-colored eggs are 0.75 mm in diameter. The evergreen bagworm thrives in the eastern United States as far west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
