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) |

  • Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male 10847
    Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)     
    Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male
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  • Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male 10848
    Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)     
    Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-08-05 11:36:17
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    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
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  • Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male 10849
    Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)     
    Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-08-05 11:36:48
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    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
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  • Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male 10850
    Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)     
    Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-08-05 11:36:53
    Image number: 10850
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-08-05 11:36:53
  • Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male 10851
    Callajoppa exaltatoria (Panzer, 1804)     
    Callajoppa cf. exaltatoria, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-08-05 11:37:30
    Image number: 10851
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-08-05 11:37:30

Classification:
Callajoppa exaltatoria belongs to the subfamily Ichneumoninae.
Distribution:
Europe, Near East, Oriental Region
Habitat:
Forests, their fringes and parks - places where suitable hosts for the development of the larvae can be found.
Description:
Body length 24 - 32 mm
Similar 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:
  1. Dicky S. Yu, Kees van Achterberg & Klaus Horstmann: World Ichneumonoidea 2011, Taxapad 2012
  2. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  3. Nicola Prehn and Chris Raper: Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids, Natural History Museum.
  4. 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.