In our world of parasitized caterpillars there are three very commonly used identifications:
Hornworm Parasitic Wasp Cotesia congregata
Applied to practically all wasp pupae that parasitize Sphinx caterpillars.
White Butterfly Wasp Cotesia glomerata
Applied to most wasp pupae that parasitize the Cabbage Butterfly family Pieridae
Saddleback Caterpillar Wasp Cotesia empretiae
Applied to most wasp pupae that parasitize Saddleback Caterpillars in the Acharia genus
While these terms are extremely useful in specifying the kind of caterpillar parasitized, they are inaccurate as to the exact species of Cotesia involved. Thanks @josefernandez-triana for pointing this out to my attention. I have asked if it would be possible to change each of these designations to refer to a complex of related species rather than a single species. As it is, these three species C. congregata, C. glomerata, and C. empretiae represent a whole lot of species yet to be better known, or even to be discovered. We need simplification with proper representation!
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