Telenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Known hosts include: Agrius convolvuli, Amsacta moorei, Bagrada hilaris, Chilo auricilius, Cricula trifenestrata, Eudocima fullonia, Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa punctigera, Helopeltis antonii, Helopeltis theivora, Leptocybe invasa, Orgyia postica, Piezodorus hybneri, and Sahlbergella singularis.
Species This list is incomplete: See List of Telenomus species. Telenomus acares Johnson, 1984 Telenomus alsophilae Viereck, 1924 Telenomus arzamae Riley, 1893 Telenomus bakeri Kieffer, 1906 Telenomus bifidus Riley, 1887 Telenomus brachialis Haliday, 1833 Telenomus californicus Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus catalpae Muesebeck, 1935 Telenomus chrysopae Ashmead, 1898 Telenomus clisiocampae Riley, 1893 Telenomus coelodasidis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus coloradensis Crawford, 1910 Telenomus dalmani (Ratzeburg, 1844) Telenomus dimmocki Ashmead, 1898 Telenomus dolichocerus (Ashmead, 1887) Telenomus emersoni (Girault, 1916) Telenomus fariai (Haliday, 1833) Telenomus fimbriatus Kieffer, 1904 Telenomus flavipes (Ashmead, 1893) Telenomus floridanus (Ashmead, 1893) Telenomus geometrae Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus gnophaelae Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus goniopsis Crawford, 1913 Telenomus gossypiicola Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus gracilicornis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus graptae Howard, 1889 Telenomus heliothidis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus heracleicola Brues, 1906 Telenomus hubbardi Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus hullensis Harrington, 1899 Telenomus ichthyurae Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus infuscatipes (Ashmead, 1893) Telenomus koebelei Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus lavernae Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus longicornis Ashmead, 1901 Telenomus maculipennis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus minimus Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus nigriscapsus Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus noctuae Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus opacus (Howard, 1889) Telenomus ovivorus (Ashmead, 1893) Telenomus pamphilae Ashmead, 1899 Telenomus pentatomus Kieffer, 1906 Telenomus perplexus Girault, 1906 Telenomus persimilis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus podisi Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus pusillus Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus quaintancei Girault, 1906 Telenomus remus Nixon, 1937 Telenomus reynoldsi Gordh and Coker, 1973 Telenomus rileyi Howard, 1889 Telenomus sphingis (Ashmead, 1887) Telenomus spilosomatis Ashmead, 1893 Telenomus szelenyii Muesebeck, 1974 Telenomus tabanivorus (Ashmead, 1895) Telenomus tetratomus Kieffer, 1906 Telenomus texanus Brues, 1902
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