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  8. ›Proctotrupomorpha
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  10. ›Encyrtidae
  11. ›Encyrtinae
  12. ›Ooencyrtus
Ooencyrtus kuvanae
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Ooencyrtus kuvanae

Ooencyrtus kuvanae is a species of chalcid wasp. It was introduced to North America in 1908 to control Lymantria moths. In North America, it has become an active parasitoid of the invasive spotted lanternfly.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 552034.