Lycorina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Apocrita |
Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Lycorininae |
Genus: | Lycorina |
Synonyms | |
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Lycorininae is a monotypic subfamily of ichneumon wasps. The mere thirty species or so comprise the single genus Lycorina[1]. In older sources, they may be included in the Banchinae[2].
They are parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera in leaf rolls. Distribution is worldwide.[1]