| Calolydella | |
|---|---|
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Diptera | 
| Family: | Tachinidae | 
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae | 
| Tribe: | Blondeliini | 
| Genus: |  Calolydella  Townsend, 1927 [1]  | 
| Type species | |
|  Calolydella geminata  | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Calolydella is a genus of parasitoid flies in the family Tachinidae. [3] [4] This genus has been shown to primarily parasitize multiple species of caterpillars across a wide variety of families (Lepidoptera: Crambidae; Erebidae; Geometridae; Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalidae; Pieridae; Riodinidae; and Sphingidae). [5] [4]