Trichogramma brassicae
(a chalcid wasp)

Interactions where Trichogramma brassicae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg Foreign Acanthoscelides obtectus Common Bean Weevil, Dried Bean Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma brassicae/Trichogramma brassicaea chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Acanthoscelides obtectus/Acanthoscelides obtectuscommon bean weevil, dried bean beetleegg
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg Restricted LEPIDOPTERA butterflies and moths /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma brassicae/Trichogramma brassicaea chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lepidopterabutterflies and mothseggSole
female female hitches a ride on gravid of female Pieris brassicae Large White Butterfly Lepidoptera: Pieridae Chemical communication: butterfly anti-aphrodisiac lures parasitic wasps, Fatouros, N.E., Huigens, M.E., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. & Hilker, M., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma brassicae/Trichogramma brassicaea chalcid waspfemale Animal / phoresy /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Pieris brassicae/Pieris brassicaelarge white butterflygravidfemale
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg Pieris brassicae Large White Butterfly Lepidoptera: Pieridae Chemical communication: butterfly anti-aphrodisiac lures parasitic wasps, Fatouros, N.E., Huigens, M.E., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. & Hilker, M., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma brassicae/Trichogramma brassicaea chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Pieris brassicae/Pieris brassicaelarge white butterflyegg

Trichogramma brassicae (a chalcid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trichogramma brassicae (a chalcid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Fatouros, N.E., Huigens, M.E., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. & Hilker, M., 2005Chemical communication: butterfly anti-aphrodisiac lures parasitic waspsNature 433: 704.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrichogramma brassicae (a chalcid wasp)
GenusTrichogramma (a genus of chalcid wasps)
FamilyTRICHOGRAMMATIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Trichogramma brassicae (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Trichogramma brassicae (a chalcid wasp):

A tiny parasitiod wasp which parasitises the eggs of a wide range of mainly lepidopterous hosts. Widely used for biological control (eg Tricholine b)

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