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Species Phorocera webberi

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 Exoristinae
Tribe Exoristini
Genus Phorocera
Species webberi (Phorocera webberi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudotachinomyia webberi Smith, 1917
Phorocera (Pseudotachinomyia) webberi
Explanation of Names
Named for Mr. R. T. Webber, who collected most of the type series.
Range
Eastern USA and southern Canada; common in the northeastern part of its range
Life Cycle
Parasitoid of Geometridae
Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 January, 2016 - 9:08pm

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