Tetrastichus
Genus of wasps
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Tetrastichus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
| Tetrastichus | |
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| Tetrastichus planipennisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrastichinae |
| Genus: | Tetrastichus Haliday, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrastichus miser, (originally designated as Cirrospilus attalus Walker, 1839) (Nees, 1834) | |
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450+ species | |
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Tetrastichus planipennisi is a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, a wood boring insect native to Asia which is an invasive species in North America.
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Tetrastichus setifer is a paraditoid of the scarlet lily beetle. The beetle is invasive in North America, and highly destructive to lily species; the wasp has been introduced there for biological pest control.[1][2]
Tetrastichus coeruleus can be used as a biological control agent for the common asparagus beetle.[3]
Host species
The genus Tetrastichus parasitizes many different species of Lepidoptera, such as Pyralis farinalis.[4]
