Pimpla disparis is a species of Ichneumonidae wasp. It is a pupal parasitoid of Lymantria dispar,[2] although it is a generalist parasitoid, attacking other species such as Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis.[3] It is native to the Palearctic realm, and has since the 1970s been introduced to the United States for biological pest control.[4]

Pimpla disparis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Pimpla
Species:
P. disparis
Binomial name
Pimpla disparis

References

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  1. ^ "Pimpla disparis Viereck, 1911". www.gbif.org.
  2. ^ Hrabar, Michael; Danci, Adela; Schaefer, Paul W.; Gries, Gerhard (March 2012). "In the Nick of Time: Males of the Parasitoid Wasp Pimpla disparis Respond to Semiochemicals from Emerging Mates". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38 (3): 253–261. Bibcode:2012JCEco..38..253H. doi:10.1007/s10886-012-0079-9. PMID 22392084.
  3. ^ Moser, Susan E.; Alleyne, Marianne; Wiedenmann, Robert N.; Hanks, Lawrence M. (1 October 2008). "Influence of Oviposition Experience on Multiparasitism by Pimpla disparis Vierick and Itoplectis conquisitor Say (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Environmental Entomology. 37 (5): 1307–1312. doi:10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1307:IOOEOM]2.0.CO;2. PMID 19036211.
  4. ^ Ellis, J.A.; Walter, A.D.; Tooker, J.F.; Ginzel, M.D.; Reagel, P.F.; Lacey, E.S.; Bennett, A.B.; Grossman, E.M.; Hanks, L.M. (July 2005). "Conservation biological control in urban landscapes: Manipulating parasitoids of bagworm (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with flowering forbs". Biological Control. 34 (1): 99–107. Bibcode:2005BiolC..34...99E. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.03.020.