Colastes
Haliday, 1833
Colastes is a of in the Exothecinae, comprising at least 80 described . These are wasps that attack larval stages of various across multiple . The genus has been documented from the Korean Peninsula, Europe, Asia, and North America. The genus Shawiana has been recently treated as a subgenus of Colastes.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Colastes: //koʊˈlæstiːz//
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Distribution
Korean Peninsula; Tunisia; Europe (widely distributed); Caucasus; Turkey; Iran; Kazakhstan; Russia (European part, Urals, Siberia, Far East, southern Far East); Japan; China (Taiwan); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Vermont, United States
Host Associations
- Diptera: Agromyzidae - larval
- Diptera: Anthomyiidae (Chirosia histricina) - specific record for C. pubicornis
- Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Elachistidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Momphidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Pyralidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Tortricidae - larval
- Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae - larval
- Coleoptera: Curculionidae - larval
- Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae - larval
Behavior
attacking larval stages of various .
Ecological Role
of various ; contributes to of multiple groups across , , , and .
More Details
Taxonomic Note
The Shawiana has been recently treated as a subgenus of Colastes.
Species Diversity
Two new were described from the Korean Peninsula: C. fragiloides sp. nov. and C. semiflavus sp. nov. associations remain unknown for C. dersu, C. fragiloides, and C. interdictus.