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Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, Merton Road Habitat: Cocoon next to a moribund Uraba lugens caterpillar on a leaf of a Lophostemon confertus berm tree. Identification: Cotesia urabae Austin & Allen, 1989. ID based on the host association and also the yellowish colour of the cocoon.
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Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, Merton Road Habitat: Cocoon next to a moribund Uraba lugens caterpillar on a leaf of a Lophostemon confertus berm tree. Identification: Cotesia urabae Austin & Allen, 1989. ID based on the host association and also the yellowish colour of the cocoon.
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Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, Merton Road Habitat: Cocoon next to a moribund Uraba lugens caterpillar on a leaf of a Lophostemon confertus berm tree. Identification: Cotesia urabae Austin & Allen, 1989. ID based on the host association and also the yellowish colour of the cocoon.
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Cocoons on Eucalyptus leaves along with gum leaf skeletonizer Uraba lugens larvae and feeding damage. Cotesia urabae is parasitic on the larvae of U. lugens and was introduced in 2011 for biocontrol. See http://www.cotesiaurabae.com/