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Hedychrum nobile

Hedychrum nobile
Hedychrum nobile MHNT profil.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Genus: Hedychrum
Species: H. nobile
Binomial name
Hedychrum nobile
Scopoli, 1763

Hedychrum nobile is a species of cuckoo wasps (insect in the family Chrysididae).

Hedychrum nobile can reach a length of 4–9 millimetres (0.16–0.35 in). Head, scutellum, post scutellum and median segment are blue or green, pronotum, mesonotum and the abdomen are golden purple.

These wasps fly from mid-June to September. Usually they prefer sandy habitats and rocky slopes. The main host species of this parasitic wasp is Cerceris arenaria.

This species can be found in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in North Africa.


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