Macrocentrus linearis
This is a small (body length 4 or 5 mm without ovipositor) parasitic wasp. It is completely orange-brown.
Various habitats.
Summer to early autumn.
Macrocentrus linearis is a parasitoid of Tortricidae moths (especially arboreal ones).
Thought to be widespread and fairly frequent in much of Britain, but seriously under recorded.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2014
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Braconidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 24/07/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 24/07/2014 (Calow, Graham)
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