Minotetrastichus frontalis

Minotetrastichus frontalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Minotetrastichus
Species:
M. frontalis
Binomial name
Minotetrastichus frontalis
(Nees, 1834)

Minotetrastichus frontalis is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eulophidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a parasitoid of Phyllonorycter moths, with larvae capable of feeding on both larval and pupal stages of the moth. M. frontalis has four larval stages and three molts, with development lasting eleven days.[5]

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  5. ^ Yefremova, Z.; Mishchenko, A. (June 2012). "The preimaginal stages of Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees) and Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids associated with Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (21–22): 1283–1305. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.654517.