Tetrastichus Explained

Tetrastichus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.

Tetrastichus planipennisi is a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, a wood boring insect native to Asia which is an invasive species in North America. T. planipennisi is being evaluated as a biological control agent.

Host species

The genus Tetrastichus parasitizes many different species of Lepidoptera, such as Pyralis farinalis.^[1]

References

• Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Notes and References

1. Book: Cotton, R. T.. Annotated list of the insects and mites associated with stored grain and cereal products, and of their arthropod parasites and predators. 2. farinalis.. Good. Newell Emanuel. Agriculture. United States Dept of. Quarantine. United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant. 1937. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. en.