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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Exoristini » Exorista » larvarum or mella (Exorista larvarum or mella)

larvarum or mella

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Fly - Exorista Fly - Exorista Tachinidae --? - Exorista - male Tachnid? - Exorista Tachinidae, dorsal - Exorista Tachinidae, lateral - Exorista Tachinidae, frontal - Exorista Exorista larvarum or mella - Exorista - female
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 Exorista
No Taxon larvarum or mella
Remarks
The native species Exorista mella and the introduced Exorista larvarum are very similar. These species have 4 postsutural dorsocentral bristles. Other species of Exorista in North America have 3. These species have no discal bristles on abdominal segments 3 and 4; some other species do.

Exorista larvarum is an important parasite of the Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar). E. mella larvae are unable to penetrate the caterpillar's skin.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 June, 2017 - 1:55pm

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