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 <small> Johnson, 1984</small>
- Telenomus alsophilae <small> Viereck, 1924 </small>
- Telenomus arzamae <small> Riley, 1893 </small>
- Telenomus bakeri <small> Kieffer, 1906 </small>
- Telenomus bifidus <small>Riley, 1887 </small>
- Telenomus brachialis <small>Haliday, 1833</small>
- Telenomus californicus <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus catalpae <small>Muesebeck, 1935</small>
- Telenomus chrysopae <small>Ashmead, 1898</small>
- Telenomus clisiocampae <small>Riley, 1893</small>
- Telenomus coelodasidis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus coloradensis <small>Crawford, 1910</small>
- Telenomus dalmani <small> (Ratzeburg, 1844)</small>
- Telenomus dimmocki <small>Ashmead, 1898</small>
- Telenomus dolichocerus <small> (Ashmead, 1887)</small>
- Telenomus emersoni <small> (Girault, 1916)</small>
- Telenomus fariai <small> (Haliday, 1833)</small>
- Telenomus fimbriatus <small>Kieffer, 1904</small>
- Telenomus flavipes <small> (Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Telenomus floridanus <small> (Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Telenomus geometrae <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus gnophaelae <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus goniopsis <small>Crawford, 1913</small>
- Telenomus gossypiicola <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus gracilicornis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus graptae <small>Howard, 1889</small>
- Telenomus heliothidis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus heracleicola <small>Brues, 1906</small>
- Telenomus hubbardi <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus hullensis <small>Harrington, 1899</small>
- Telenomus ichthyurae <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus infuscatipes <small> (Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Telenomus koebelei <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus lavernae <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus longicornis <small>Ashmead, 1901</small>
- Telenomus maculipennis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus minimus <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus nigriscapsus <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus noctuae <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus opacus <small> (Howard, 1889)</small>
- Telenomus ovivorus <small> (Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Telenomus pamphilae <small>Ashmead, 1899</small>
- Telenomus pentatomus <small>Kieffer, 1906 </small>
- Telenomus perplexus <small>Girault, 1906</small>
- Telenomus persimilis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus podisi <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus pusillus <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus quaintancei <small>Girault, 1906</small>
- Telenomus remus <small>Nixon, 1937</small>
- Telenomus reynoldsi <small>Gordh and Coker, 1973</small>
- Telenomus rileyi <small>Howard, 1889</small>
- Telenomus sphingis <small> (Ashmead, 1887)</small>
- Telenomus spilosomatis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Telenomus szelenyii <small>Muesebeck, 1974</small>
- Telenomus tabanivorus <small>(Ashmead, 1895)</small>
- Telenomus tetratomus <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Telenomus texanus <small>Brues, 1902</small>
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