Cotesia congregata

Cotesia congregata
C. congregata on hornworm Manduca sexta
Male C. congregata courtship song
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Cotesia
Species:
C. congregata
Binomial name
Cotesia congregata
(Say, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Microgaster congregata Say, 1836
  • Apanteles congregata (Say, 1838)
  • Apanteles congregatus
  • Microgaster utilis French, 1880
  • Cotesia utilis (French, 1880)
  • Apanteles (Protapanteles) augustus Viereck, 1917
  • Cotesia augusta (Viereck, 1917)

Cotesia congregata is a parasitoid wasp of the genus Cotesia. The genus is particularly noted for its use of polydnaviruses. Parasitoids are distinct from true parasites in that a parasitoid will ultimately kill its host or otherwise sterilize it.

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