■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Patelloa Townsend, 1916

PATELLOA Townsend, 1916a: 619 (also subsequently spelled Pateloa, in error). Type species: Phorocera leucaniae Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.
CATAGONIOPSIS Townsend, 1926: 29. Type species: Catagoniopsis infernalis Townsend, 1926 (= Phorocera specularis Aldrich & Webber, 1924), by original designation.


facialis (Coquillett, 1897).– California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (S&A, 1965), British Columbia to Saskatchewan, also Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, North Dakota (CNC).
– Phorocera facialis Coquillett, 1897: 105. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, San Diego.


fuscimacula (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia, California (S&A, 1965), Texas (CNC).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) fuscimacula Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 73. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Watsonville. Type host: Orgyia vetusta Boisduval [published as Hemerocampa vetusta], Lymantriidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 415)*
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Hemerocampa vetusta (Boisduval)
Lepidoptera, Saturniidae
Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer)

leucaniae (Coquillett, 1897).– Michigan to New Brunswick, south to Texas and Florida (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec (CNC).
– Phorocera leucaniae Coquillett, 1897: 104. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, District of Columbia.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 415)*
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus), Hemerocampa leucostigma (J.E. Smith)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Alabama argillacea (Hübner), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth)
Lepidoptera, Notodontidae
Datana ministra (Drury), Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker)
Lepidoptera, Psychidae
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth)
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Loxostege similalis (Guenée)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 416) for probably leucaniae (Coquillett)*
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 416) for sp. near leucaniae (Coquillett)*
Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae
Lema trilineata trilineata (Olivier)

meracanthae (Greene, 1921).– Maryland, Virginia (S&A, 1965), Québec, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia (CNC), Florida (FSCA).
– Phorocera meracanthae Greene, 1921: 126. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Maryland, Meyersville. Type host: Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois), Tenebrionidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 126), as Catagoniopsis meracanthae (Greene)*
Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae
Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois)

pachypyga (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia, Idaho, California, Michigan to Massachusetts, south to Missouri and Maryland (S&A, 1965), Alberta to Nova Scotia, also Oregon, Kansas (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) pachypyga Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 70. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Lunenburg.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 417)*
Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae
Malacosoma disstria Hübner, Malacosoma spp.
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus), Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donovan)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 417) for probably pachypyga (Aldrich & Webber)*
Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae
Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus)

pluriseriata (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– California, Utah, Colorado, Mexico (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, New Mexico (CNC).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) pluriseriata Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 73. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Berkeley Hills, Grizzly Peak.


reinhardi (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).— British Columbia, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, New York (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) reinhardi Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 74. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Michigan, Agricultural College.


setifrons (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Saskatchewan, ?California (S&A, 1965), California, Manitoba (CNC).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) setifrons Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 71. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan, Oxbow.


silvatica (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia, Oregon, California, Minnesota to Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), Alberta, Iowa (CNC).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) silvatica Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 72. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Cranbrook.


specularis (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia to California and New Mexico (S&A, 1965), Mexico, Ohio (CNC).
– Phorocera (Patelloa) specularis Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 70. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Manzano National Forest, Hell Canyon.
– Catagoniopsis infernalis Townsend, 1926: 30. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Manzano Mountains, Hell Canyon (on foliage of Quercus).

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 127) for sp. near specularis (Aldrich & Webber), as Catagoniopsis sp. near specularis (Aldrich & Webber)*
Hymenoptera, Diprionidae
Diprion polytomum (Hartig)

Patelloa species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 417) for Patelloa spp.*
Lepidoptera, Geometridae
Drepanulatrix spp. (including D. baueraria Sperry and/or D. monicaria (Guenée))
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Crocigrapha normani (Grote)

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.

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