Cotesia glomerata

Cotesia glomerata
Imago
Cotesia glomerata on a pupal cocoon.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Cotesia
Species:
C. glomerata
Binomial name
Cotesia glomerata
Synonyms
  • Apanteles glomeratus

Cotesia glomerata, the white butterfly parasite, is a small parasitoid wasp belonging to family Braconidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 publication 10th edition of Systema Naturae.