Cotesia congregata
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Cotesia congregata is a parasitoid wasp of the genus Cotesia. The genus is particularly noted for its use of polydnaviruses. Parasitoids are distinct from true parasites in that a parasitoid will ultimately kill its host or otherwise sterilize it.
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Cotesia congregata | |
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C. congregata on hornworm Manduca sexta | |
Male C. congregata courtship song | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Cotesia |
Species: | C. congregata |
Binomial name | |
Cotesia congregata (Say, 1836) | |
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