Chalcoela pegasalis
Species of moth
Chalcoela pegasalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Chalcoela |
Species: | C. pegasalis |
Binomial name | |
Chalcoela pegasalis (Walker, 1859)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Chalcoela pegasalis, the wasp parasitizer moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, the French Antilles, Puerto Rico[2] and also the United States and Canada.
Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae are parasitoids of the larvae of Polistes species.[3]
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