Xanthopimpla punctata

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| image = Yellow Ichneumon Wasp.jpg

| genus = Xanthopimpla

| species = punctata

| authority = (Fabricius, 1781)

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Xanthopimpla punctata, also known as the yellow ichneumon wasp, is a brightly yellow-colored ichneumonid wasp of subfamily Pimplinae. Xanthopimpla species play a beneficial role in agriculture. They are important pupal parasitoids of lepidopterous stem borers of cereals, sugar cane and other crops; they lay their eggs on moth caterpillars that damage crops.{{cite web|url=http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17352592|title=Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)|website=Project Noah}}