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Tribe Siphonini

Tachinid Fly - Siphona Small fly at Striped Squill Tachinidae - Siphona Tachinid ex tortricid witch hazel leafroller - Actia diffidens Tachinid ex tortricid witch hazel leafroller - Actia diffidens - female Fly - Siphona Calyptratae - Siphona 1114522 Tachinid - Ceromya
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Siphonini
Numbers
44 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1)
Size
Typically 3-5 mm
Identification
Distal part of vein M bent gradually at about 45 degree angle (less than usual in family), subapical scutellar bristles distinctly convergent and usually crossed (vs. parallel or slightly convergent in Leskiini).
Range
most of NA, much more diverse in Canada and n. US(1)
Food
Parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera.
Print References
O'Hara, J. E. 1989. Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:1-229.