Genus Panzeria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Tachininae

Tribe Ernestiini

Genus Panzeria

Explanation of Names

Author of genus: Robineau-Desvoidy 1830.

Numbers

Nearctica includes 28 species.

Range

Holarctic genus.

Food

One species (Panzeria ampelus) is a parasitoid of Bertha armyworms (Hyphantria cunea).

Life Cycle

The female lays eggs on vegetation, near hosts. The larvae attach themselves to passing hosts and quickly penetrate them.

Remarks

It has been introduced in Europe for biocontrol of armyworms.

Internet References

Tachinid Resources. Tachinids of Bertha Armyworm.

Contributed by v belov on 9 April, 2009 - 1:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 9 April, 2009 - 2:45pm

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