Meteorus rubens

Meteorus rubens is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon.^[2][3] The wasps have been shown to be easily collected through the use of traps baited with mustard oils.^[4] They have been shown to carry Rioviridae RNA viruses, one of only a few parasitoids to carry them.^[5]

Meteorus rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Genus:	Meteorus
Species:	M. rubens
Binomial name
Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835)