| Eriothrix rufomaculata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
| Tribe: | Voriini |
| Genus: | Eriothrix |
| Species: | E. rufomaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriothrix rufomaculatus | |
| Synonyms | |
Eriothrix rufomaculatus is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [6]
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, British Isles, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Channel Islands, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Azerbaijan. [6]
These rather common flies mainly inhabit hedge rows, [7] grasslands or sunny rough ground, meadows, ruderal areas and fields. [8]
Eriothrix rufomaculatus can reach a length of 5–10 millimetres (0.20–0.39 in) and a wingspan of 13–15 mm. [7] This bristly species shows a greyish thorax with four narrow black stripes and a prominent but quite variable orange patches on the sides of its cylindrical abdomen, separated by a dorsal black line. Its face is silvery, with a protruding mouth edge. The legs are black. Wings are slightly shaded, yellowish at the base. Vein-m is petiolate and costal spine is longer than vein r-m. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Eriothrix rufomaculatus is a univoltine species. Adults can be found from July to October. They are flower feeders, visiting in particular members of the Umbelliferae (especially Heracleum sphondylium ) and Asteraceae. The species is parasitic, the larvae developing inside the subterranean larvae of moths, especially of crambid moths ( Chrysoteuchia culmella , Crambidae), tiger moths ( Ammobiota festiva , Erebidae), lappet moths ( Dendrolimus pini , Lasiocampidae) and ermine moths (Yponomeutidae)). [7] [8] [12]
Phasia hemiptera is a fly belonging to the family Tachinidae.
Blepharomyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Catharosia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Litophasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Tachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761.
Triarthria setipennis is a species of tachinid fly which parasitizes other insects, including earwigs.
Compsilura concinnata is a parasitoid native to Europe that was introduced to North America in 1906 to control the population of an exotic forest, univoltine, spongy moth named Lymantria dispar. It is an endoparasitoid of larvae and lives with its host for most of its life. Eventually the parasitoid ends up killing the host and occasionally eating it. It attacks over 200 host species, mainly insects from the Orders: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Since this parasite has the ability to attack many different types of hosts, the organism has spilled over from the intended forest systems into other areas, like agricultural fields, affecting cabbage pests including the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia); the cabbage worm ; and even other invasive species such as the brown-tail moth. However, it also attacks native, non-pest insects such as the Cecropia moth and American moon moth.
Cylindromyia interrupta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Cylindromyia brassicaria is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Clytiomya continua is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae. Hosts for the parasitoid larvae include Coreus marginatus orientalis, Eurygaster testudinaria, Eurydema gebleri, Eurydema dominulus, Graphosoma rubrolineatum, Homalogonia confusa, and Dolycoris baccarum. Larval development takes six to eleven days.
Loewia submetallica is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Zophomyia temula is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Phytomyptera cingulata is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Bithia modesta is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.
Micronychia ruficauda is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Dexiosoma caninum is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae. In the United Kingdom, the species can most commonly be found during the summer in the south of England.
Nemoraea pellucida is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) verralli is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Siphona (Ceranthia) abdominalis is a tachinid fly in the subgenus Ceranthia of the family Tachinidae. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830.
Nemorilla floralis is a species of tachinid fly.
