Aleiodes rufipes

Description

Aleiodes rufipes is a species of Hymenoptera first described by Thomson hadton, 1892. Aleiodes rufipes belongs to the genus Aleiodes, and the family Braconidae. None of these subspecies are listed Aleiodes is a genus of the family Braconidae of parasitoid wasps described by Constantin Wesmael in 1838. They are also known as mummy-wasps. The female attacks caterpillars of various species, including many pests such as Gypsy moths and tent caterpillars, and then deposits eggs in the caterpillars. The eggs hatch and the wasp larva feeds on the caterpillar, leaving a hardened caterpillar skin, or mummy. The wasp pupates within the mummy and eventually the adult breaks out, leaving a small hole in the husk of the caterpillar.