Species Belvosia borealis

Classification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Found in Central Indiana, USA 28 June. About the size of a horsefly. - Belvosia borealis

Unknown flying insect - Belvosia borealis

Fly with metallic golden rear end - Belvosia borealis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Exoristinae

Tribe Goniini

Genus Belvosia

Species borealis (Belvosia borealis)

Range

e. & so. US (VT-MI to FL-NM, CA)(1)

Food

on Ceratomia spp. (Sphingidae)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Contributed by v belov on 16 April, 2009 - 4:20pm
Last updated 3 April, 2011 - 7:51pm

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