Virgichneumon maculicauda

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Virgichneumon maculicauda
Virgichneumon maculicauda - Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Virgichneumon
Species:
V. maculicauda
Binomial name
Virgichneumon maculicauda
(Perkins, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Barichneumon maculicauda Perkins, 1953

Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.[1][2] It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth.[3]

This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain.[4]

Description

Virgichneumon maculicauda has a black body and yellow-orange legs. On the tip of the abdomen, tergite 5 is stained with white spots (hence the species name maculicauda, meaning with spots on the tail).[5]

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