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Species Phytomyptera melissopodis

Tachinid Fly - Phytomyptera melissopodis - male

Tachinid Fly - Phytomyptera melissopodis

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 Graphogastrini

Genus Phytomyptera

Species melissopodis (Phytomyptera melissopodis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plectops melissopodis Coquillett, 1897

Elfia melissopodis

Phytomyptera melissopodis

Identification

Distinguished from other eastern Phytomyptera with similar color pattern by presence of three small bristles near the tip of vein R1 and male antenna triangular (not split into two forks).

Range

Contiguous USA and southern Canada.

Food

The type specimen was reared from Cydia latiferreana(1) (then in genus Melissopus, the source of the species name). The host catalog also lists the weevil genus Curculio. Both moth and weevil are associated with acorns and other tree nuts.

Works Cited

1.	Filbertworm Moth

Contributed by John F. Carr on 1 November, 2015 - 11:20am
Last updated 24 March, 2016 - 7:39pm

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