LESPESIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 567. Type species: Achaetoneura anisotae Webber, 1930, by designation under Plenary Powers of ICZN, 1983: 97.
ACHAETONEURA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 30 (also 1892: 334). Type species: Achaetoneura hesperus Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 (= Masicera frenchii Williston, 1889), by subsequent designation of Townsend, 1908: 88.
PARAFRONTINA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893: 27 (also 1894: 115). Type species: Parafrontina apicalis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893 (= Tachina archippivora Riley, 1871), by monotypy.
RILEYELLA Townsend, 1909: 249. Type species: Tachina aletiae Riley, 1879, by original designation.
MASICEROPSIS Townsend, 1916c: 178. Type species: Masicera pauciseta Coquillett, 1897 (= Tachina archippivora Riley, 1871), by original designation.
YPOPHAEMYIA Townsend, 1916h: 75. Type species: Ypophaemyia malacosomae Townsend, 1916 (= Tachina archippivora Riley, 1871), by original designation.
GYMNOERYCIA Townsend, 1916i: 312. Type species: Gymnoerycia rubra Townsend, 1916, by original designation.
PROPHRYNO Townsend, 1927: 262, 353. Type species: Prophryno aurulans Townsend, 1927, by original designation [Neotropical].
aletiae (Riley, 1879).– Illinois to Ontario and New Jersey, south to California and Florida (Beneway, 1963; Sabrosky & Reardon, 1976).
– Tachina aletiae Riley, 1879: 162. Type data: syntypes, 2 specimens of unknown sex (originally in USNM but probably lost according to Beneway, 1963: 637) (mention by Townsend, 1941: 224, of "Ht female" is not regarded as a lectotype fixation because the original 2 syntypes are probably lost and there is no evidence that 1 of them was identifiable as Townsend's "Ht female"). Type locality: unknown (Centerville, Florida according to Townsend, 1941: 224). Type host: Alabama argillacea (Hübner) [published as Aletia argillacea], Noctuidae.
– Tachina fraterna Comstock, 1880: 303. Type data: syntypes, 2 specimens of unknown sex (whereabouts unknown). Type locality: USA, Alabama. Type host: Alabama argillacea (Hübner) [published as Aletia argillacea], Noctuidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 301)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Coccinellidae | |||
| Epilachna varivestis Mulsant | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Diacrisia virginica (Fabricius), Estigmene acrea (Drury), Estigmene sp., Halisidota harrisii Walsh, Halisidota maculata (Harris), Halisidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith), Halisidota sp., Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria sp., Seirarctia echo (J.E. Smith), Utetheisa ornatrix bella (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Brassolidae | |||
| Opsiphanes tamarindi Felder | |||
| Lepidoptera, Ctenuchidae | |||
| Ceramidia butleri Möschler, Syntomeida epilais (Walker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae | |||
| Autochton cellus (Boisduval & LeConte), Epargyreus clarus (Cramer), Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Limacodidae | |||
| Sibine apicalis Dyar | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Hemerocampa leucostigma (J.E. Smith), Orgyia sp., Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus), Stilpnotia salicis (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Megalopygidae | |||
| Megalopyge opercularis (J.E. Smith), Megalopyge pyxidifera (J.E. Smith), Megalopyge sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Alabama argillacea (Hübner), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Heliothis sp., Mocis latipes (Guenée) probably, Plathypena scabra (Fabricius), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth), Pseudoplusia includens (Walker), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Cerura spp., Dasylophia anguina (J.E. Smith), Datana ministra (Drury), Heterocampa manteo (Doubleday) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Asterocampa sp., Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus), Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius), Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Pieris protodice Boisduval & LeConte, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Evergestis rimosalis (Guenée), Olycella junctolineella (Hulst) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Hemileuca maia (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval), Pholus sp. | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 307) for probably aletiae (Riley)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Ctenuchidae | |||
| Lymire edwardsii (Grote) | |||
anisotae (Webber, 1930).– New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey (Webber, 1930), British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario (CNC).
– Achaetoneura anisotae Webber, 1930: 13. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Jersey, New Brunswick. Type host: Anisota senatoria (J.E. Smith), Saturniidae.
anonyma (Riley, 1872).– Missouri; unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Tachina anonyma Riley, 1872: 129. Type data: syntypes, unknown number of males and females (1 male and 1 female syntype in USNM reared from Citheronia regalis). Type locality: USA, Missouri (USNM syntypes from Fayetteville). Type hosts: Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) [published as Attacus polyphemus] and Citheronia regalis (Fabricius), Saturniidae. Note: This species is listed as unrecognized because the USNM syntypes have only recently been discovered (N.E. Woodley, pers. comm.) and their identities have not been evaluated.
archippivora (Riley, 1871).– British Columbia to Ontario, all United States, Mexico (Beneway, 1963), Brazil (Guimarães, 1983).
– Tachina archippivora Riley, 1871: 150 (name not authored by Williston, 1889, as assumed by Webber, 1930). Type data: syntypes, 3 females (USNM) (Townsend, 1931a: 182, cited holotype in MCZ from Colorado, in error). Type locality: USA, Missouri, St. Louis. Type host: Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus), Danaidae.
– Phorocera promiscua Townsend, 1891e: 84. Type data: syntypes, 3 females (2 female syntypes in SEMK). Type locality: USA, Maine, Orono. Type host: Malacosoma disstria Hübner [published as Clisiocampa sylvatica Harris], Lasiocampidae.
– Meigenia websteri Townsend, 1891i: 206. Type data: syntypes, 1 male and 1 female (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Indiana, Lafayette.
– Parafrontina apicalis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893: 27 (also 1894: 115). Type data: holotype male [head missing] (NHMW). Type locality: USA, Texas (published as "N. Amer.").
– Masicera pauciseta Coquillett, 1897: 114. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles County.
– Ypophaemyia malacosomae Townsend, 1916h: 75. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Raleigh. Type host: Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), Lasiocampidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 308)* | |||
| Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae | |||
| Pristiphora erichsonii (Hartig) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Estigmene acrea (Drury), Estigmene sp., Euchaetias egle (Drury), Halisidota caryae (Harris), Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae | |||
| Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Danaidae | |||
| Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer), Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Anacamptodes fragilaria (Grossbeck), Scotorythra paludicola (Butler), Scotorythra rara (Butler) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), Malacosoma californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum ambisimile (Dyar), Malacosoma californicum californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum fragile (Stretch), Malacosoma californicum pluviale (Dyar), Malacosoma californicum recenseo Dyar, Malacosoma californicum ssp. (intermediate between M. californicum ambisimile (Dyar) and M. californicum californicum (Packard)), Malacosoma constrictum (H. Edwards), Malacosoma disstria Hübner, Malacosoma incurvum discoloratum (Neumoegen), Malacosoma incurvum incurvum (H. Edwards), Malacosoma spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae | |||
| Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Agrotis crinigera (Butler), Agrotis dislocata (Walker), Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius), Anomis hawaiiensis (Butler), Anomis noctivolans (Butler), Autographa californica (Speyer), Elydna nonagrica (Walker), Euxoa vestigialis (Rottenburg), Feltia sp. near subgothica (Haworth), Feltia subterranea (Fabricius), Heliothis hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Heliothis spp. (including H. hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues) and/or H. zea (Boddie)), Heliothis spp., Peridroma coniotis (Hampson), Peridroma coniotis coniotis (Hampson), Peridroma saucia (Hübner), Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth), Scotogramma trifolii (Rottenburg), Spodoptera exempta (Walker), Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval), Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée), Spodoptera praefica (Grote), Spodoptera spp., Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), Armyworms (including Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) and/or Spodooptera mauritia (Boisduval)), Cutworms (including Agrotis spp. and/or Leucania spp.), Noctuid spp. (including Mamestra configurata Walker and/or Peridroma saucia (Hübner)) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae and/or Pyralidae | |||
| Noctuid and/or pyralid spp. (including Scotogramma trifolii (Rottenburg) and/or Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus)) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Schizura concinna (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Anaea glycerium (Doubleday), Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus), Nymphalis milberti (Godart), Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus), Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus), Vanessa carye Hübner | |||
| Lepidoptera, Papilionidae | |||
| Papilio spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Colias eurytheme Boisduval, Pieris protodice Boisduval & LeConte, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), Pieris sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Hedylepta accepta (Butler), Hedylepta blackburni (Butler), Loxostege commixtalis (Walker), Loxostege similalis (Guenée), Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae | |||
| Mapsidius iridescens Walsingham | |||
| Unidentified Lepidoptera | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 317) for probably archippivora (Riley)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Sphinx sp. | |||
callosamiae Beneway, 1963.– Oregon, Ontario, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia (Beneway, 1963), British Columbia, California, Michigan (CNC).
– Lespesia callosamiae Beneway, 1963: 642. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Connecticut, Milford. Type host: Callosamia promethea (Drury) [published as Hyalophora promethea (genus spelled Hylaphora by Beneway, in error)], Saturniidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 318)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Callosamia promethea (Drury) | |||
cuculliae (Webber, 1930).– Manitoba, Minnesota, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida (Beneway, 1963), Texas (S&A, 1965), Ohio, North Carolina (CNC).
– Achaetoneura cuculliae Webber, 1930: 18. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Virginia, Falls Church. Type host: Cucullia sp., Noctuidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 319)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Cucullia spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Dasylophia anguina (J.E. Smith), Datana angusii Grote & Robinson | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 320) for probably cuculliae (Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Dasylophia anguina (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 320) for sp. near cuculliae (Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Estigmene acrea (Drury) | |||
datanarum (Townsend, 1892).– British Columbia to Québec, south to California and Florida (Beneway, 1963).
– Masicera datanarum Townsend, 1892c: 287. Type data: lectotype female (SEMK), by designation of Beneway, 1963: 649. Type locality: USA, New York, Ithaca. Type host: Datana sp., Notodontidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 318), as Lespesia ciliata (Macquart)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Bombycidae | |||
| Bombyx sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), Malacosoma californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum lutescens (Neumoegen & Dyar), Malacosoma incurvum incurvum (H. Edwards) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker), Hyalophora nokomis Brodie, Hyalophora sp., Platysamia cecropia (Linnaeus), Platysamia euryalus (Boisduval) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 320)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae | |||
| Anisota rubicunda (Fabricius), Anisota senatoria J.E. Smith, Anisota virginiensis (Drury), Anisota sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Datana integerrima Grote & Robinson, Datana ministra (Drury), Datana spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) | |||
dubia (Williston, 1889).– Unknown; unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Masicera dubia Williston, 1889: 1924. Type data: holotype male (probably lost according to Webber, 1930: 36). Type locality: unknown.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 321)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) | |||
euchaetiae (Webber, 1930).– South Dakota, Ontario, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kansas (Beneway, 1963).
– Achaetoneura euchaetiae Webber, 1930: 11. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New York, Redwood. Type host: Euchaetes egle (Drury) [published as Euchaetias egle], Arctiidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 322)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Euchaetias egle (Drury), Halisidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith) | |||
fasciagaster Beneway, 1963.– Texas, Florida (Beneway, 1963).
– Lespesia fasciagaster Beneway, 1963: 653. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
ferruginea (Reinhard, 1924).– Texas (Beneway, 1963), Florida (FSCA).
– Frontina ferruginea Reinhard, 1924b: 269. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
flavifrons Beneway, 1963.– British Columbia, Alberta, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Newfoundland (Beneway, 1963), California, Idaho, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Ontario, Québec, Georgia (CNC).
– Lespesia flavifrons Beneway, 1963: 655. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Melrose Highlands. Type host: Paonias myops (J.E. Smith), Sphingidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 322)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Paonias myops (J.E. Smith), Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury), Smerinthus sp. | |||
frenchii (Williston, 1889).– British Columbia to Nova Scotia, all United States (Beneway 1963, Sabrosky & Reardon, 1976), Newfoundland (CNC).
– Tachina longicornis Wiedemann, 1830: 325 (junior homonym of Tachina longicornis Fallén, 1810). Type data: holotype female (NHMW). Type locality: unknown.
– Masicera frenchii Williston, 1889: 1923 (also subsequently spelled frenchi, in error). Type data: lectotype male (MCZ), by designation of Beneway, 1963: 658. Type locality: USA, Maine, Moosehead Lake. Type host: Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, Papilionidae.
– Achaetoneura hesperus Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 30 (also 1892: 334). Type data: holotype male (NHMW). Type locality: North America.
– Masicera sphingivora Townsend, 1892c: 286. Type data: syntypes, 2 males (SEMK). Type locality: USA, West Virginia, Morgantown. Type host: Sphingidae.
– Frontina malacosomae Curran, 1925a: 155 (junior secondary homonym of Ypophaemyia malacosomae Townsend, 1916). Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia, Truro. Type host: "American tent caterpillar" [Malacosoma sp., Lasiocampidae].
– Frontina sordida Curran, 1926d: 171 (nomen novum for malacosomae Curran, 1925).
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 322)* | |||
| Hymenoptera, Apidae | |||
| Bombus sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Diacrisia virginica (Fabricius), Euchaetias egle (Drury), Halisidota caryae (Harris), Halisidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith), Hyphantria cunea (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Bombycidae | |||
| Unidentified Bombycidae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae | |||
| Anisota rubicunda (Fabricius), Anisota senatoria J.E. Smith, Anisota virginiensis (Drury), Citheronia regalis (Fabricius), Eacles imperialis (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Unidentified Geometridae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), Malacosoma californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum fragile (Stretch), Malacosoma californicum lutescens (Neumoegen & Dyar), Malacosoma californicum pluviale (Dyar), Malacosoma constrictum (H. Edwards), Malacosoma disstria Hübner, Malacosoma spp., American tent caterpillar(-s), Tent caterpillar(-s) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Hemerocampa leucostigma (J.E. Smith), Hemerocampa vetusta (Boisduval), Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donovan), Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus), Stilpnotia salicis (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Faronta diffusa (Walker), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Hydroecia immanis Guenée, Hypsoropha hormos Hübner, Unidentified Noctuidae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Datana angusii Grote & Robinson, Datana integerrima Grote & Robinson, Datana ministra (Drury), Datana sp., Ichthyura inclusa Hübner | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus), Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus), Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Papilionidae | |||
| Papilio bairdii oregonius Edwards, Papilio eurymedon Lucas, Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, Papilio glaucus canadensis Rothschild & Jordan, Papilio multicaudata Kirby, Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll, Papilio rutulus Lucas, Papilio troilus Linnaeus, Papilio sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Unidentified Pyralidae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Actias luna (Linnaeus), Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer), Attacus sp., Automeris io (Fabricius), Callosamia promethea (Drury), Hyalophora calleta (Westwood), Hyalophora columbia Smith, Platysamia cecropia (Linnaeus), Platysamia euryalus (Boisduval), Samia cynthia (Drury), Samia cynthia advena (Packard), Syssphinx bicolor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Ceratomia amyntor (Hübner), Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval), Ceratomia undulosa (Walker), Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth), Pachysphinx modesta (Harris), Paonias myops (J.E. Smith), Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury), Sphinx chersis (Hübner), Sphinx kalmiae J.E. Smith | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 331) for frenchii (Williston) complex* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Datana integerrima Grote & Robinson, Datana ministra (Drury) | |||
fulvipalpis (Bigot, 1889).– "Rocky Mountains"; unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Masicera fulvipalpis Bigot, 1889: 263. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: "Rocky Mountains."
halisidotae (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia, Idaho, California (S&A, 1965), Utah, Texas, Kansas (CNC).
– Phorocera (Neopales) halisidotae Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 84. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Idaho, Priest Lake. Type host: Lophocampa maculata Harris [published as Halysidota maculata (genus spelled Halisdota by Aldrich & Webber, in error)], Arctiidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 427), as "Phorocera" halisidotae Aldrich & Webber* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Halisidota maculata (Harris) | |||
laniiferae (Webber, 1930).– Mexico (Beneway, 1963), also Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Achaetoneura laniiferae Webber, 1930: 33. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: Mexico. Type host: Laniifera cyclades (Druce), Pyralidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 331)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Laniifera cyclades Druce | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 331) for sp. near laniiferae (Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Eupseudosoma involutum floridanum Grote | |||
marginalis (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Phorocera (Neopales) marginalis Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 84. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, Brownsville. Type host: Semiothisa punctolineata (Packard) [published as Macaria punctolineata], Geometridae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 441), as Prophryno marginalis (Aldrich & Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Semiothisa punctolineata (Packard) | |||
melalophae (Allen, 1926).– British Columbia to New Brunswick, south to Colorado and Mississippi (Beneway, 1963), California, Texas (S&A, 1965), Oregon (CNC).
– Achaetoneura melalophae Allen, 1926a: 192. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Mississippi, Agricultural and Mechanical College. Type host: Clostera inclusa (Hübner) [published as Melalopha inclusa], Notodontidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 332)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Metanema inatomaria Guenée | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma disstria Hübner | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Nycteola cinereana Neumoegen & Dyar | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Ichthyura inclusa Hübner | |||
parva Beneway, 1963.– California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (Beneway, 1963), Utah (CNC).
– Lespesia parva Beneway, 1963: 662. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Rodeo.
parviteres (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Arizona to Maryland and Georgia (S&A, 1965), California, Alberta (CNC).
– Phorocera (Neopales) parviteres Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 80. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 442), as Prophryno parviteres (Aldrich & Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Melanchroia cephise (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Plathypena scabra (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Ascia monuste (Linnaeus) | |||
pholi (Webber, 1930).– Missouri, Massachusetts (Beneway, 1963), Ontario (CNC).
– Achaetoneura pholi Webber, 1930: 27. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Springfield. Type host: Eumorpha sp. [published as Pholus sp.], Sphingidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 332)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Pholus satellitia pandorus (Hübner), Pholus spp. | |||
pilatei (Coquillett, 1897).– California to Georgia, also Tennessee, North Carolina (S&A, 1965), Mississippi (Sabrosky, 1980), Florida (FSCA).
– Sturmia pilatei Coquillett, 1897: 111. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Georgia, Tifton.
rileyi (Williston, 1889).– Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida (Beneway, 1963).
– Masicera rileyi Williston, 1889: 1924. Type data: lectotype male (USNM), by designation of Beneway, 1963: 666. Type locality: North America (possibly Crescent City, Florida according to Beneway, 1963: 666). Type host: Papilio cresphontes Cramer [published as Heraclides cresphontes], Papilionidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 333)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Papilionidae | |||
| Papilio cresphontes Cramer, Papilio thoas Linnaeus | |||
rubra (Townsend, 1916).– Florida (Sabrosky, 1980).
– Gymnoerycia rubra Townsend, 1916i: 313. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Miami.
rubripes Sabrosky, 1980.– Georgia, Florida (Sabrosky, 1980).
– Lespesia rubripes Sabrosky, 1980: 72. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Highlands Hammock State Park.
sabroskyi Beneway, 1963.– British Columbia to Québec, south to Oregon and California and east to Mississippi (Beneway, 1963).
– Lespesia sabroskyi Beneway, 1963: 666. Type data: holotype female (originally in SEMK but apparently lost). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa. Type host: Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer), Saturniidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 333)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer), Automeris io (Fabricius), Platysamia euryalus (Boisduval) | |||
samiae (Webber, 1930).– British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to California and District of Columbia (Beneway, 1963, misidentified as Lespesia ciliata (Macquart)), Arizona (CNC).
– Achaetoneura samiae Webber, 1930: 15. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Maine, Glenborn. Type host: Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus) [published as Samia cecropia], Saturniidae.
schizurae (Townsend, 1891).– British Columbia to Ontario and Massachusetts, south to Arizona and Florida (Beneway, 1963).
– Masicera schizurae Townsend, 1891h: 187. Type data: syntypes, 4 males (2 male syntypes in SEMK and 1 male syntype in USNM). Type locality: USA, Kansas, Manhattan. Type host: Schizura unicornis (J.E. Smith), Notodontidae.
– Sturmia schizurae Coquillett, 1897: 113 (junior secondary homonym of Masicera schizurae Townsend, 1891). Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Washington, Pullman. Type host: Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday (species spelled ipomoeae by Coquillett, in error), Notodontidae.
– Argyrophylax piperi Townsend, 1908: 98 (nomen novum for schizurae Coquillett, 1897).
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 333)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Euchaetias egle (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Danaidae | |||
| Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Heterocampa biundata Walker, Heterocampa sp., Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, Schizura unicornis (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Pholus satellitia pandorus (Hübner) | |||
stonei Sabrosky, 1977.– Michigan, New York, Connecticut, Maryland (Sabrosky, 1977), British Columbia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Québec, District of Columbia, North Carolina, Georgia (CNC).
– Lespesia stonei Sabrosky, 1977: 143. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Connecticut, Sterling. Type host: Symmerista canicosta Franclemont, Notodontidae.
testacea (Webber, 1930).– New York to North Carolina, west to Kansas and Texas (Beneway, 1963).
– Achaetoneura testacea Webber, 1930: 25. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, District of Columbia, Washington. Type host: Eumorpha vitis (Linnaeus) [published as Pholus vitis], Sphingidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 335)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Xerociris wilsoni (Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Pholus achemon (Drury), Pholus vitis (Linnaeus) | |||
texana (Webber, 1930).– Mexico, Texas (Beneway, 1963).
– Achaetoneura texana Webber, 1930: 24. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, Dilley (published as Dilly, in error).
westonia (Webber, 1930).– California (S&A, 1965), Utah (CNC).
– Achaetoneura westonia Webber, 1930: 24. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Alameda County.
Lespesia species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 335) for Lespesia spp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Ecpantheria icasia (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Ctenuchidae | |||
| Syntomeida epilais jucundissima Dyar | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma sp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae | |||
| Strymon melinus (Hübner) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Megathymidae | |||
| Megathymus yuccae (Boisduval & LeConte) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta lanceolaria (Grote), Celama sorghiella (Riley), Heliothis virescens (Fabricius), Simyra henrici (Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Heterocampa umbrata Walker, Ichthyura spp. (including I. apicalis Walker or I. inclusa Hübner) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae | |||
| Eucosma scudderiana (Clemens), Grapholitha molesta (Busck) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Psychidae | |||
| Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Diatraea sp., Melitara prodenialis Walker, Pyrausta signatalis (Walker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Rothschildia aroma Schaus probably | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas), Melanoplus spretus (Walsh) | |||
Reference:
Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.
*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.
