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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Copecrypta » Copecrypta ruficauda

Species Copecrypta ruficauda

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Deopalpus? - Copecrypta ruficauda Deopalpus? - Copecrypta ruficauda Tachinidae, dorsal - Copecrypta ruficauda Diptera - Copecrypta ruficauda Diptera - Copecrypta ruficauda blue and black fly - Copecrypta ruficauda blue and black fly - 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
Species ruficauda (Copecrypta ruficauda)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Copecrypta ruficauda (van der Wulp, 1867)
Size
8-10 mm (guide images)
Identification
See comments on photos.
Range
across the US and adjacent Canada west to AB-AZ; Mexico(1)
Life Cycle
parasitoids of cutworm moths, Noctuinae (Noctuidae) (1) (2)
Print References
Marshall, photo 485.3 (2)
Internet References
Tachinidae of North America--Genus COPECRYPTA Townsend, 1908 (1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by v belov on 9 April, 2009 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 13 October, 2012 - 10:46am

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