Ablerus macrochaeta is a parasitoid wasp that attacks the silverleaf whitefly and Aleurocanthus inceratus. The latter is a serious pest of sweet potato in China.[1]
Ablerus macrochaeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Azotidae |
Genus: | Ablerus |
Species: | A. macrochaeta
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Binomial name | |
Ablerus macrochaeta Silvestri, 1927
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References
edit- ^ Shao-Jian Li; Xia Xue; Muhammad Z. Ahmed; Shun-Xiang Ren; Yu-Zhou Du; Jian-Hui Wu; Andrew G. S. Cuthbertson; Bao-Li Qiu (February 2011). "Host plants and natural enemies of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in China". Insect Science. 18 (1): 101–120. Bibcode:2011InsSc..18..101L. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01395.x. S2CID 86224745.