-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)​

-​Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

-Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps (Superfamily Ichneumonoidea)

-Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)​

-Subfamily Microgastrinae

-Genus Cotesia

Braconid parasitoid wasps are often colourful and frequent visitors to flowers. These wasps are primarily parasitoids, meaning that their larvae develop by feeding on or inside a host organism, typically other insects.