''Telenomus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps from the subfamily
Telenominae
Telenominae is a subfamily of Hymenoptera in the family Platygastridae.
The subfamilies Scelioninae, Teleasinae, and Telenominae were formerly in the family Scelionidae, but Scelionidae was combined with the family Platygastridae
The ...
.
The genus was first described by
Alexander Henry Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday (1806–1870, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday, Alexis Heinrich Haliday, or simply Haliday) was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Thysanoptera, but worked on ...
in 1833.
Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Known hosts include : ''
Agrius convolvuli
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'', ''
Amsacta moorei
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'', ''
Chilo auricilius
''Chilo auricilius'', the gold-fringed rice stemborer or terai borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Gerald C. Dudgeon in 1905. It is found in India, Taiwan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, as well as on Sulawesi, Borneo, Sangir Is ...
'', ''
Cricula trifenestrata
''Cricula trifenestrata'', the cricula silkmoth, is a species of wild silk moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found from India to the Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, and Sri Lanka.
Description
The wingspan is 65–100 mm. Adults are on ...
'', ''
Eudocima fullonia'', ''
Helicoverpa armigera
''Helicoverpa armigera'' is a species of Lepidoptera in the family Noctuidae. It is known as the cotton bollworm, corn earworm, Old World (African) bollworm, or scarce bordered straw (the lattermost in the UK, where it is a migrant). The larvae f ...
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Helicoverpa punctigera'', ''
Helopeltis antonii
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Helopeltis theivora
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Leptocybe invasa
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Orgyia postica
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Piezodorus hybneri'', and ''
Sahlbergella singularis
''Sahlbergella'' is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).
Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where ''S. singularis'' is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to ''Distan ...
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Species
This list is incomplete: See
List of ''Telenomus'' species.
* ''
Telenomus alsophilae
''Telenomus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps from the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Known hosts include ...
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Viereck, 1924
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Telenomus arzamae''
Riley, 1893
* ''
Telenomus bakeri''
Kieffer, 1906
* ''
Telenomus bifidus''
Riley, 1887
* ''
Telenomus brachialis''
Haliday, 1833
* ''
Telenomus californicus''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus catalpae''
Muesebeck, 1935
* ''
Telenomus chrysopae''
Ashmead, 1898
* ''
Telenomus clisiocampae''
Riley, 1893
* ''
Telenomus coelodasidis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus coloradensis''
Crawford, 1910
* ''
Telenomus dalmani''
(Ratzeburg, 1844)
* ''
Telenomus dimmocki''
Ashmead, 1898
* ''
Telenomus dolichocerus''
(Ashmead, 1887)
* ''
Telenomus emersoni''
(Girault, 1916)
* ''
Telenomus fimbriatus''
Kieffer, 1904
* ''
Telenomus flavipes''
(Ashmead, 1893)
* ''
Telenomus floridanus''
(Ashmead, 1893)
* ''
Telenomus geometrae''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus gnophaelae''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus goniopsis''
Crawford, 1913
* ''
Telenomus gossypiicola''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus gracilicornis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus graptae''
Howard, 1889
* ''
Telenomus heliothidis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus heracleicola''
Brues, 1906
* ''
Telenomus hubbardi''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus hullensis''
Harrington, 1899
* ''
Telenomus ichthyurae''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus infuscatipes''
(Ashmead, 1893)
* ''
Telenomus koebelei''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus lavernae''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus longicornis''
Ashmead, 1901
* ''
Telenomus maculipennis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus minimus''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus nigriscapsus''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus noctuae''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus opacus''
(Howard, 1889)
* ''
Telenomus ovivorus''
(Ashmead, 1893)
* ''
Telenomus pamphilae''
Ashmead, 1899
* ''
Telenomus pentatomus''
Kieffer, 1906
* ''
Telenomus perplexus''
Girault, 1906
* ''
Telenomus persimilis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus podisi''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus pusillus''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus quaintancei''
Girault, 1906
* ''
Telenomus remus''
Nixon, 1937
* ''
Telenomus reynoldsi''
Gordh and Coker, 1973
* ''
Telenomus rileyi''
Howard, 1889
* ''
Telenomus sphingis''
(Ashmead, 1887)
* ''
Telenomus spilosomatis''
Ashmead, 1893
* ''
Telenomus szelenyii''
Muesebeck, 1974
* ''
Telenomus tabanivorus''
(Ashmead, 1895)
* ''
Telenomus tetratomus''
Kieffer, 1906
* ''
Telenomus texanus''
Brues, 1902
References
Hymenoptera genera
Platygastridae
Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday
Taxa described in 1833
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