Anomalon cruentatum

Anomalon cruentatum is a species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.

Body is mainly black in males, while in females head and thorax are reddish (hence the species name cruentatum, meaning bloody).

These wasps are koinobiont endoparasitoids of larvae of Tenebrionidae or moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea.

[3] Reported host species are Agrotis ipsilon, Gonocephalum rusticum, Cerura palestinensis, and Ptilodon capucina.

[4] These wasps are present in most of Europe, in the Near East, in North Africa, and in the Oriental realm.