Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Hymenoptera | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Ichneumonidae | |
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Ichneumon sarcitorius is a species of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.
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Subspecies
Subspecies within this genus include:
Description
Ichneumon sarcitorius can reach a length of 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in the males, of 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) in the females. These wasps show an evident sexual dimorphism. The males have a wasp like appearance with a black and yellow banded abdomen, while the females have a black abdomen with two orange bands and a white tip.
Biology
Adults can be found from July to October. Larvae feed on caterpillars of Erebidae (Lymantria dispar), Noctuidae (Agrotis segetum), Arctiidae (Spilosoma lubricipeda) and Notodontidae , while adults mainly feed on nectar of umbellifers (Heracleum sphondylium).
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, in the Oriental ecozone and in North Africa.