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Genus Tachinomyia

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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 Tachinomyia
Explanation of Names
Tachinomyia Townsend 1892
Numbers
10 spp. in our area(1)
Range
New World, incl. most of NA(2)(1)
Season
Overwinter as pupa, fly in early spring.
Food
Hosts: Lepidoptera, Noctuidae(1)
Remarks
Paraphyletic with respect to Phorocera in Stireman III, J. O., Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J. E., Blaschke, J. D., and Moulton, J. K. 2019. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 139(106358): 1-19.
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