''Telenomus podisi'' is a species of egg

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

wasps described by William Harris Ashmead in 1893 and placed in the family of

Platygastridae The hymenopteran family Platygastridae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Platygasteridae) is a large group (over 4000 species) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly very small (1–2 mm), black, and shining, with geniculate (elbowed) antennae ...

. It is a parasitoid of the brown stink bug, '' Euschistus heros'' and can be raised in labs on the eggs of ''

Cosmopepla lintneriana ''Cosmopepla lintneriana'', the twice-stabbed stink bug, is a species of insect in the family Pentatomidae. ''Cosmopepla lintneriana'' was first described in 1798 by Johan Christian Fabricius as ''Cimex carnifex'', and then again in 1865 by Th ...

'', ''

Podisus maculiventris The spined soldier bug (''Podisus maculiventris'') is a species of stink bug common in North America. They are predators of gypsy moth caterpillars and the larvae of beetles such as the Colorado potato beetle and the Mexican bean beetle. Since th ...

'', and ''

Euschistus servus ''Euschistus servus'', the brown stink bug, is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest f ...

''. This wasp can be used in

integrated pest management Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the econ ...

to control ''E. heros''. The insecticide Imidacloprid is lethal for these wasps, and other insecticides have been shown to negatively impact rates of egg parasitism.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14494284 Platygastridae Insects described in 1893 Biological pest control wasps