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Cotesia
Cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps first described by Peter Cameron in 1891 and named in honour of E. C. Cotes. Some species parasitize caterpillars of species considered pests, and are used as biocontrol agents. Cotesia congregata parasitizes the tomato and the tobacco hornworms. C. glomerata and C. rubecula feed on the cabbage white and other white butterfly caterpillars. C. gonopterygis and C. risilis are host-specific and parasitize the common brimstone.
The wasp C. melanoscelus parasitizes the caterpillar of the spongy moth. It, and the spongy moth, are native to Europe. The spongy moth is an invasive species in North America, and C. melanoscelus has been imported as a biocontrol of the moth. Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid of Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) which are pests of amaranth crops.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp Complex
complexCotesia congregata
Cabbage White Parasitoid Wasp
speciesCotesia glomerata
Saddleback Caterpillar Parasitoid Wasp
speciesCotesia empretiae
Cotesia melanoscela
speciesCotesia melanoscela
Cotesia phobetri
speciesCotesia phobetri
Cotesia orobenae
speciesCotesia orobenae
Cotesia americana
speciesCotesia americana
Diamondback Moth Parasitoid Wasp
speciesCotesia vestalis
Cotesia urabae
speciesCotesia urabae
Cotesia glabrata
speciesCotesia glabrata
Cotesia hemileucae
speciesCotesia hemileucae
Cotesia tibialis
speciesCotesia tibialis
Cotesia rubecula
speciesCotesia rubecula
Cotesia zygaenarum
speciesCotesia zygaenarum
Cotesia lunata
speciesCotesia lunata
Cotesia schizurae
speciesCotesia schizurae
Cotesia marginiventris
speciesCotesia marginiventris
Cotesia wonboynensis
speciesCotesia wonboynensis
Cotesia sibyllarum
speciesCotesia sibyllarum
Cotesia icipe
speciesCotesia icipe
Cotesia euphydryidis
speciesCotesia euphydryidis
Cotesia electrae
speciesCotesia electrae
Cotesia vanessae
speciesCotesia vanessae
Cotesia erionotae
speciesCotesia erionotae
Cotesia taprobanae
speciesCotesia taprobanae
Cotesia xylina
speciesCotesia xylina
Cotesia theclae
speciesCotesia theclae
Cotesia nuellorum
speciesCotesia nuellorum
Cotesia miyoshii
speciesCotesia miyoshii
Cotesia ruficrus
speciesCotesia ruficrus
Cotesia acuminata
speciesCotesia acuminata
Cotesia flaviconchae
speciesCotesia flaviconchae
Cotesia rubripes
speciesCotesia rubripes
Cotesia pieridis
speciesCotesia pieridis
Cotesia flavipes
speciesCotesia flavipes
Cotesia alternicolor
speciesCotesia alternicolor
Cotesia acronyctae
speciesCotesia acronyctae
Cotesia angaleti
speciesCotesia angaleti
Cotesia popularis
speciesCotesia popularis
Cotesia acuminatus
speciesCotesia acuminatus
Cotesia atalantae
speciesCotesia atalantae
Cotesia diversa
speciesCotesia diversa
Cotesia fiskei
speciesCotesia fiskei
Cotesia flavicornis
speciesCotesia flavicornis
Cotesia halisidotae
speciesCotesia halisidotae
Cotesia laeviceps
speciesCotesia laeviceps
Cotesia murtfeldtae
speciesCotesia murtfeldtae
Cotesia nemoriae
speciesCotesia nemoriae
Cotesia plathypenae
speciesCotesia plathypenae
Cotesia yakutatensis
speciesCotesia yakutatensis
Tomato Fruitworm Parasitoid Wasp
speciesCotesia kazak
Cotesia hyphantriae
speciesCotesia hyphantriae
Cotesia kraussi
speciesCotesia kraussi
Cotesia medicaginis
speciesCotesia medicaginis
Cotesia hallii
speciesCotesia hallii
Cotesia chrysippi
speciesCotesia chrysippi
Cotesia sesamiae
speciesCotesia sesamiae
Cotesia ocneriae
speciesCotesia ocneriae
Cotesia ordinaria
speciesCotesia ordinaria
Cotesia saltator
speciesCotesia saltator
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63180.