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Chelonus

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Chelonus
Chelonus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Cheloninae
Genus: Chelonus
Panzer, 1806
Species

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Chelonus sp. on goldenrod
Chelonus basalis

Chelonus is a wasp genus in the subfamily Cheloninae. Their larvae feed chiefly on larvae of moths in superfamilies Tortricoidea and Pyraloidea.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Shaw, S.R. 1997. Subfamily Cheloninae.
  2. ^ "Chelonus texanus Cresson, 1872". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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