Mastrus ridens

Mastrus ridens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Cryptinae
Genus: Mastrus
Species: M. ridens
Binomial name
Mastrus ridens
Horstmann, 2009

Mastrus ridens is a species of ichneumon wasp. It was discovered in Kazakhstan in the 1990s, but was not at first recognised as being distinct from M. ridibundus. This species is of interest as a potential biological control agent of the codling moth.[1]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Mastrus ridens
  1. "CHNEUMONIDAE: Cryptinae: Mastrus Förster, 1869". Landcare Research. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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