Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon wasps)
Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)
Synonyms and other combinations:
Ichneumon exaltatoria Panzer, 1804 | Callajoppa atropos (Curtis, 1828) | Callajoppa latoria (Thunberg, 1822) | Callajoppa motasi (Constantineanu & Pisica, 1959) |
Classification:
Callajoppa exaltatoria belongs to the subfamily Ichneumoninae.Distribution:
Europe, Near East, Oriental RegionHabitat:
Forests, their fringes and parks - places where suitable hosts for the development of the larvae can be found.Description:
Body length 24 - 32 mmSimilar species:
A similar species is Callajoppa cirrogaster, which is slightly smaller on average with a length of 20 - 27 mm.Biology:
The adults of Callajoppa exaltatoria are active from July to August/September.The Callajoppa larvae develop as endoparasitoids of moths of the family Sphingidae (hawk moths). A common host is the pine hawk moth (Sphinx pinastri, synonym: Hyloicus pinastri). The imagines hatch from the pupae of their hosts.
References, further reading, links:
- Dicky S. Yu, Kees van Achterberg & Klaus Horstmann: World Ichneumonoidea 2011, Taxapad 2012
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- Nicola Prehn and Chris Raper: Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids, Natural History Museum.
- Perkins, J.F. (1959): Ichneumonidae - key to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae (except Ichneumonini) in Royal Entomological Society Handbooks, Vol: 7 - Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea, Part 2(ai), 1 - 116.
- Acaenitinae sp.
- Agrothereutes abbreviatus
- Alomya debellator
- Amblyjoppa proteus
- Amblyteles armatorius
- Anomaloninae sp.
- Aoplus sp.
- Callajoppa exaltatoria
- Campopleginae sp.
- Coelichneumon cyaniventris
- Coelichneumon deliratorius
- Cratichneumon flavifrons
- Cratichneumon luteiventris
- Cratichneumon versator
- Crypteffigies lanius
- Cryptinae sp.
- Ctenochares bicolorus
- Diphyus palliatorius
- Diphyus quadripunctorius
- Diphyus trifasciatus
- Diplazon laetatorius
- Dolichomitus sp.
- Dusona sp.
- Enicospilus merdarius
- Exenterini sp.
- Gelis discedens
- Gelis sp.
- Hepiopelmus variegatorius
- Heterischnus sp.
- Ichneumon albiger
- Ichneumon inquinatus
- Ichneumon phaeostigmus
- Ichneumon sarcitorius
- Ichneumon sp.
- Ichneumon stramentarius
- Ichneumon stramentor
- Netelia sp.
- Nippocryptus vittatorius
- Ophion sp.
- Phobocampe sp.
- Pimpla sp.
- Pimplinae sp.
- Pimplinae sp.2
- Platylabini sp.
- Rhyssa amoena
- Scirtetes robustus
- Syspasis scutellator
- Syzeuctus tigris
- Thaumatogelis vulpinus
- Vulgichneumon saturatorius
- Unidentified ichneumonids