Cotesia icipe
Parasitoid wasp of agricultural pests
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Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia. Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biological control of Lepidopteran pests of amaranth crops in those areas.[1]
| Cotesia icipe | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | Cotesia |
| Species: | C. icipe |
| Binomial name | |
| Cotesia icipe Fiaboe, Fernández-Triana, Nyamu, & Agbodzavu 2017[1] | |
Range
Kenya (Yatta Constituency, Mwea Constituency, Kitengela, Thika,[1] and Machakos),[2] Madagascar,[1] Saudi Arabia,[1] South Africa,[1] Yemen,[1] and Ethiopia (Awasa (Hawassa), Jimma, and Awash-Melkasa).[2]
Hosts
- S. exigua, a native host[1]
- S. littoralis, a native host[1]
- S. frugiperda[3] - C. icipe is the primary parasitoid of the invasive agricultural pest S. frugiperda in Ethiopia, and a minor one in Kenya.[2]
