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Encarsia aurantii

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

Encarsia aurantii is a species in the family Aphelinidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Encarsia aurantii

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Encarsia aurantii live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Encarsia aurantii is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Encarsia aurantii endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Encarsia aurantii classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyAphelinidae
  6. genusEncarsia
  7. SpeciesEncarsia aurantii (Howard, 1894)

Synonyms Coccophagus aurantii, Prospalta aurantii

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Encarsia aurantii

Other species in the same genus Encarsia.

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Common questions

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Where does Encarsia aurantii live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Encarsia aurantii for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Encarsia aurantii?

Encarsia aurantii (Encarsia aurantii) belongs to the family Aphelinidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Encarsia aurantii (Encarsia aurantii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/encarsia-aurantii

MLA

“Encarsia aurantii (Encarsia aurantii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/encarsia-aurantii.

BibTeX
@misc{encarsia_aurantii_2026,
  title = {Encarsia aurantii (Encarsia aurantii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/encarsia-aurantii},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}