Copidosoma koehleri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Encyrtidae |
Genus: | Copidosoma |
Species: | C. koehleri
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Binomial name | |
Copidosoma koehleri Blanchard, 1940
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Copidosoma koehleri belongs to the family Encyrtidae and genus Copidosoma within the order Hymenoptera.[1] It is a parasitoid and its hosts are mainly potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella) but it also infest Andean potato tuber moth (Symmetrischema tangolias), Guatemalan potato tuber moth (Tecia solanivora) and Tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta).[2] Super-parasitism is associated with C. koehleri.[3]