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Genus of wasps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tetrastichus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
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| Tetrastichus | |
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| Tetrastichus planipennisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetrastichinae |
| Genus: | Tetrastichus Haliday, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrastichus miser, (originally designated as Cirrospilus attalus Walker, 1839) (Nees, 1834) | |
| Species | |
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450+ species | |
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Tetrastichus planipennisi is a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, a wood boring insect native to Asia which is an invasive species in North America. T. planipennisi is being evaluated as a biological control agent.
The genus Tetrastichus parasitizes many different species of Lepidoptera, such as Pyralis farinalis.[1]
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