Genus Xanthophyto

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Nemoraeini

Genus Xanthophyto

Explanation of Names

Xanthophyto Townsend 1916

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Range

New World(2); widespread (transcontinental) in the US & Canada(1)

Food

recorded hosts include members of several moth families (Aegeriidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Olethreutidae, Oecophoridae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae)(1)

Remarks

John Stireman is working on this genus with Jim O'Hara, and he has determined that there are ~18 spp. in our area.

Internet References

Genus page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

2.	O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0

Contributed by v belov on 13 November, 2012 - 1:40pm
Additional contributions by Ben Coulter, zdanko
Last updated 8 June, 2022 - 9:26pm

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