Leschenaultia bicolor
Appearance
Leschenaultia bicolor | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
Tribe: | Goniini |
Genus: | Leschenaultia |
Species: | L. bicolor
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Binomial name | |
Leschenaultia bicolor | |
Synonyms | |
Leschenaultia bicolor is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[3][4]
Hosts
[edit]It is a parasitoid of Halysidota caterpillars, including Halysidota cinctipes and Halysidota pearsoni.[5]
Distribution
[edit]Canada, United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Macquart, P.J.M. (1846). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1]. Lille: Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts. pp. 133–364, 20 pls. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1916). "Designations of muscoid genotypes, with new genera and species". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 4: 4–12. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
- ^ Gudin, Filipe Macedo; Carneiro, Isabela Maciel Monteiro (December 2020). "An overview of hosts of the New World genus Leschenaultia (Diptera: Tachinidae), with a new record for L. bicolor in Halysidota pearsoni (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Brazil". The Canadian Entomologist. 152 (6): 734–761. doi:10.4039/tce.2020.46.