Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Native

Present in: 

AFR, IND, NEA, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species was found within the administrative regions of Larnaca, Nicosia and Paphos.

First record from Cyprus: 

Thompson (1955)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

This species is a polyphagous parasitoid of various species of many insect orders (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni

Conservation

IUCN Red List Category

(NE) DD LC NT VU EN CR EX

Not Evaluated

Conservation measures in place/needed

No measures in place.

Threats

No threats identified.

Presence within protected areas

Unknown.

References

Georghiou GP (1977) “The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals.” Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 347pp.

Hassan E (1971) Beobachtungen über das Auftreten von Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams. (Lep. Notodontidae) auf Zypern. Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde und Pflanzenschutz 44, 155–156. 

Noyes JS (2019) Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids

Thompson WR (1955) A catalogue of the parasites and predators of insect pests. Section 2. Host parasite catalogue, Part 3. Hosts of the Hymenoptera (Calliceratid to Evaniid). pp.313 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, The Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.