Diachasmimorpha mellea

Diachasmimorpha mellea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Opiinae
Genus: Diachasmimorpha
Species: D. mellea
Binomial name
Diachasmimorpha mellea
(Gahan, 1915)

Diachasmimorpha mellea (formerly known as Biosteres melleus) is a parasitoid of Rhagoletis pomonella, the apple maggot fly. It is morphologically very similar to another apple maggot parasitoid, Diachasma alloeum.


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