Which Statement Regarding the Parasitoid Wasps That Infect the Cryptic

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Multiple Choice

Which statement regarding the parasitoid wasps that infect the cryptic skipper species of Costa Rican butterflies is true?

• A) The wasps lay eggs in adult skipper hosts.
• B) The wasps are not a cryptic species as well, although they are species specific to cryptic skippers.
• C) The wasps are cryptic species as well, with DNA barcoding revealing a possible 313 species.
• D) none of the above; there are no parasitoid wasps of skipper caterpillars

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