Corn Earworm Egg Parasitoid vs Northern Pitch Twig Moth Sawfly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Corn Earworm Egg Parasitoid Northern Pitch Twig Moth Sawfly
Scientific Name Trichogramma pretiosum Xyela alpigena
Order Hymenoptera Hymenoptera
Family Trichogrammatidae Xyelidae
Size 0.3-0.5 mm 3-5 mm
Habitat Farmland Mountains
Diet Parasitoids Pollen Feeders
Regions North America, South America Europe, particularly Alpine regions
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Corn Earworm Egg Parasitoid

A microscopic egg parasitoid wasp used extensively against cotton bollworm and corn earworm. It is the most commercially produced beneficial insect in the Americas.

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Did You Know?

Millions of these wasps are released per hectare in a single application for pest control.

Northern Pitch Twig Moth Sawfly

A minute sawfly that is part of the oldest surviving lineage of Hymenoptera. Adults have the distinctive elongated third antennal segment characteristic of xyelids.

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Did You Know?

This high-altitude species represents a living lineage that has survived essentially unchanged for over 200 million years.