Eurytoma obtusiventris
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| Eurytoma obtusiventris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eurytomidae |
| Genus: | Eurytoma |
| Species: | E. obtusiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurytoma obtusiventris Gahan 1934 | |
Eurytoma obtusiventris is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eurytomidae. It is found in North America and is a parasitoid of Eurosta solidaginis. The wasp attacks after oviposition but prior to the formation of a gall. Eurytoma obtusiventris prompts the Eurosta solidaginis larvae to create a pupa, which the wasp will use after consuming its host.[1] They typically consume the host in autumn and overwinter within the gall, emerging during the summer.[2]