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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Tachinidae » Tachininae » Polideini » Hystricia » Hystricia abrupta

Species Hystricia abrupta

Classification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Polideini
Genus Hystricia
Species abrupta (Hystricia abrupta)
Range
across so. Canada to Mexico(1)
Habitat
temperate non-grassland habitats(1)
Food
hosts: Arctiidae(1)
Works Cited
1.Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
Contributed by Chen Young on 28 September, 2005 - 3:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 2:11pm

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