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Species Leschenaultia halisidotae

Leschenaultia sp.? - Leschenaultia halisidotae

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 Goniini

Genus Leschenaultia

Species halisidotae (Leschenaultia halisidotae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leschenaultia halisidotae Brooks, 1946

Range

BC-CA east to QC-VA-TN.(1)

Food

Larvae are parasitoids of caterpillars of genera Halysidota & Lophocampa.(1)

Life Cycle

Like other members of tribe Goniini, lays micro-type eggs on food plants of hosts near feeding damage, which are then accidentally consumed by host caterpillars. The eggs hatch upon ingestion, and larvae develop inside the caterpillar.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Ben Coulter on 2 April, 2016 - 8:29pm

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