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Lycorina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Scientific name
  
Lycorina

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Apocrita

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Eucerotinae, Agriotypinae, Mesochorinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae

Lycorininae is a monotypic subfamily of ichneumon wasps. The mere thirty species or so comprise the single genus Lycorina. In older sources, they may be included in the Banchinae.

They are parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera in leaf rolls. Distribution is worldwide.

References

Lycorina Wikipedia