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Orgilus obscurator

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Orgilus obscurator is a species in the family Braconidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about Orgilus obscurator

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
Not recorded

Where does Orgilus obscurator live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Orgilus obscurator as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Orgilus obscurator 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 Orgilus obscurator classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyBraconidae
  6. genusOrgilus
  7. SpeciesOrgilus obscurator (Nees, 1812)

Synonyms Microdus laevigator, Microdus obscurator, Orgilus annulator, Orgilus laevigator

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Orgilus obscurator

Other species in the same genus Orgilus.

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Common questions

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Is Orgilus obscurator an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Orgilus obscurator as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Orgilus obscurator?

Orgilus obscurator (Orgilus obscurator) belongs to the family Braconidae in the order Hymenoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Orgilus obscurator (Orgilus obscurator). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orgilus-obscurator

MLA

“Orgilus obscurator (Orgilus obscurator).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orgilus-obscurator.

BibTeX
@misc{orgilus_obscurator_2026,
  title = {Orgilus obscurator (Orgilus obscurator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orgilus-obscurator},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}