Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia · 0
Macrocentrus marginator, female, dorsal |
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Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia · 0
Macrocentrus marginator, female, lateral |
Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia · 0
Macrocentrus marginator, male, dorsal |
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Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia · 0
Macrocentrus marginator, male, lateral |
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Macrocentrus aegeriae
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Geographic distribution | |
Britain, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Japan and North America (Easy and Clark, 1964).
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Natural history | |
Macrocentrus marginator is a parasitoid of clearwing moths (Sesiidae), such as Paranthrene tabaniformis (Georgiev, 2000), the ash borer Podosesia syringae, S. culiciformis, S. tipuliformis (Solomon, 1995), and other Lepidoptera . Solitary adult females have been observed to emerge from Podosesia aureocincta (Purrington and Nielsen, 1987). Tortricid hosts include Epinota sordidana, E. caprana, and Lathronympha strigana (Pratt, 1945). Typically, the flight season for this species is May through September (Eady and Clark, 1964). This species is occaisionally seen at lights (Eady and Clark, 1964).
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References | |
Eady, R.D. and J.A.J. Clark. 1964. A revision of the genus Macrocentrus Curtis (Hym., Braconidae) in Europe, with descriptions of four new species. Entomologist's Gazette 15:97-127.
Georgiev, G. 2000. Studies on larval parasitoids of Paranthrene tabaniformis (Rott.) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) on urban populars (Populus spp.) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Annals of Forest Science 57:181-186.
Purrington, F.F. and D.G. Nielsen. 1987. New host records of parasitic Hymenoptera in clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 20(3):141-142.
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to Insect Borers of North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. Agric. Handbook. 706. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 735p.
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Acknowledgements | |
The female specimen photographed was captured by malaise trap in Shirley's Bay, Ontario, Canada, on 16-VII-1985. The male photographed was captured by malaise trap on 30-VIII-1983 in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada. The author gratefully acknowledges Dr. Andrew M.R. Bennett for receipt of these two specimens on loan from the Canadian National Collection (CNC).
Both the female and male photographed in dorsal view were collected in the UK and reared from Synanthedon culiciformis (Aegeria), on 4-V-1969, and 18-V-1912, respectively. The author gratefully Dr. Gavin Broad and the Museum of Natural History (London) for its loan of the male and female specimens photographed in dorsal view.
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