Ichnovirus

Ichnovirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viriform
Family: Polydnaviriformidae
Genus: Ichnoviriform
Synonyms

Ichnoviriform

  • Ichnoviriform ICTV 2021
  • Ichnovirus ICTV 1990
  • Polydnavirus ICTV 1984

Ichnovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Polydnaviridae. Parasitoid wasps serve as hosts, and these wasps are themselves parasitoids of Lepidoptera. There are 21 species in this genus.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.