Calolydella | |
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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]