Cotesia icipe

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Cotesia icipe is a parasitoid species of wasp of the genus Cotesia. Found in tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, it was first discovered as a parasitoid of the Lepidopterans Spodoptera littoralis and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Therefore it is now being studied as a possible biological control of Lepidopteran pests of amaranth crops in those areas.

Range

Kenya (Yatta Constituency, Mwea Constituency, Kitengela, Thika, and Machakos), Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Yemen, and Ethiopia (Awasa (Hawassa), Jimma, and Awash-Melkasa).

Hosts

S. exigua, a native host
S. littoralis, a native host
S. frugiperda - C. icipe is the primary parasitoid of the invasive agricultural pest S. frugiperda in Ethiopia, and a minor one in Kenya.

References

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{{cite journal | last1=Fiaboe | first1=Komi K.M. | last2=Fernández-Triana | first2=Jose | last3=Nyamu | first3=Faith W. | last4=Agbodzavu | first4=Komi M. | title=Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa | journal=Journal of Hymenoptera Research | publisher=International Society of Hymenopterists (Pensoft) | volume=61 | date=2017-12-20 | issn=1314-2607 | doi=10.3897/jhr.61.21015 | pages=49–64| doi-access=free | s2cid=53705491 }}

{{cite journal | last1=Sisay | first1=Birhanu | last2=Simiyu | first2=Josephine | last3=Malusi | first3=Peter | last4=Likhayo | first4=Paddy | last5=Mendesil | first5=Esayas | last6=Elibariki | first6=Nsami | last7=Wakgari | first7=Mulatu | last8=Ayalew | first8=Gashawbeza | last9=Tefera | first9=Tadele | title=First report of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), natural enemies from Africa | journal=Journal of Applied Entomology | publisher=Wiley | volume=142 | issue=8 | date=2018-06-13 | issn=0931-2048 | doi=10.1111/jen.12534 | pages=800–804 | s2cid=90949331}}

{{cite web | title=Fall Armyworm in Africa: A Guide for Integrated Pest Management | edition=1 | pages=1–120 |author=B. M. Prasanna |author2=Joseph E. Huesing |author3=Regina Eddy |author4=Virginia M. Peschke | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727163844/https://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdfs/FallArmyworm_IPM_Guide_forAfrica.pdf | url=http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdfs/FallArmyworm_IPM_Guide_forAfrica.pdf |website=Integrated Pest Management Florida | publisher=USAID, CIMMYT, CGIAR MAIZE | archive-date=2020-07-27}}

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Category:Microgastrinae

Category:Insects described in 2017

Category:Hymenoptera of Africa