Telenomus podisi
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| Telenomus podisi | |
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| Telenomus podisi parasiting a Podisus maculiventris egg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scelionidae |
| Genus: | Telenomus |
| Species: | T. podisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Telenomus podisi Ashmead, 1893 | |
Telenomus podisi is a species of egg parasitoid wasps described by William Harris Ashmead in 1893 and placed in the family of Platygastridae.[1] It is a parasitoid of the brown stink bug, Euschistus heros[2] and can be raised in labs on the eggs of Cosmopepla lintneriana, Podisus maculiventris, and Euschistus servus.[3] This wasp can be used in integrated pest management to control Euschistus heros.[4] The insecticide Imidacloprid is lethal for these wasps, and other insecticides have been shown to negatively impact rates of egg parasitism.[5]