■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Erynnia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

ERYNNIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 125. Type species: Erynnia nitida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Tachina ocypterata Fallén, 1810), by monotypy [Palearctic].
TORTRICIOPHAGA Townsend, 1916a: 625. Type species: Pseudomyothyria tortricis Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.


condecens Reinhard, 1968.– British Columbia, California (Reinhard, 1968), Yukon, Nunavut (CNC).
– Erynnia condecens Reinhard, 1968a: 507. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Summit Lake, mile 392 of Alaska Highway, 4500 feet.


coracina Reinhard, 1968.– British Columbia, Yukon (Reinhard, 1968).
– Erynnia coracina Reinhard, 1968a: 504. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse.


micida Reinhard, 1968.– California (Reinhard, 1968).
– Erynnia micida Reinhard, 1968a: 505. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Sacramento (on foliage of Salix).


tortricis (Coquillett, 1895).– Southern Canada, all USA (Reinhard, 1968), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Newfoundland (CNC).
– Pseudomyothyria tortricis Coquillett, 1895c: 55. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles County. Type host: "Tortricid (?) larva."
– Anachaetopsis vagans Aldrich, 1923a: 54. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Oregon, Medford. Type host: Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus) [published as Carpocapsa pomonella], Tortricidae.
– Hypostena columbia Curran, 1925a: 153. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Eburne.
– Hypostena imitator Curran, 1925a: 154. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Lillooet.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 202)*
Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae
Coleophora fuscedinella Zeller, Coleophora malivorella Riley
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
Anarsia lineatella Zeller, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Arzama obliqua (Walker)
Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae

Ancylis comptana (Frölich), Ancylis comptana floridana (Zeller), Ancylis comptana fragariae (Walsh & Riley), Evora hemidesma (Zeller), Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Laspeyresia pomonella (Linnaeus), Melissopus latiferreanus (Walsingham), Proteoteras willingana (Kearfott), Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiffermüller)

Lepidoptera, Psychidae
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth)
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Desmia funeralis (Hübner), Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke), Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst), Moodna ostrinella (Clemens)
Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Acleris variana (Fernald), Archips cerasivoranus (Fitch), Archips fervidanus (Clemens), Archips rosanus (Linnaeus), Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), Platynota flavedana Clemens, Sparganothis sulfureana (Clemens)

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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