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Genus Copecrypta

fly on hat brim in prairie - Copecrypta ruficauda

Tachinidae, lateral - Copecrypta ruficauda

Dipteran on ninebark - Copecrypta ruficauda

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 Tachinini

Genus Copecrypta

Explanation of Names

Copecrypta Townsend 1908

Numbers

a single species in our area(1)

Range

Holarctic & Neotropical(2)

Life Cycle

parasitoids of cutworm moths, Noctuinae(1)

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 9 April, 2009 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 10:18am

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