TACHINOMYIA Townsend, 1892a: 96. Type species: Tachinomyia robusta Townsend, 1892 (= Tachina panaetius Walker, 1849), by original designation.
acosta Webber, 1941.– Michigan to Massachusetts and New Jersey, also British Columbia to California, Georgia (S&A, 1965), Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Tachinomyia acosta Webber, 1941: 299. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Jersey, Morris County.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 483)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Lithophane antennata (Walker), Lithophane disposita Morrison, Lithophane innominata (Smith), Lithophane sp. | |||
apicata Curran, 1926.– Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Missouri and Virginia, also British Columbia, Alberta (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan (CNC).
– Tachinomyia apicata Curran, 1926d: 171. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Aylmer.
cana Webber, 1941.– Manitoba to Massachusetts, south to Texas (S&A, 1965), Iowa, Québec (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Tachinomyia cana Webber, 1941: 298. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Melrose Highlands.
dakotensis Webber, 1941.– British Columbia to Manitoba, South Dakota and Michigan, south to California (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan, Ontario (CNC).
– Tachinomyia dakotensis Webber, 1941: 302. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, South Dakota, Big Stone City.
floridensis Townsend, 1892.– Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Tachinomyia floridensis Townsend, 1892a: 97. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Florida.
montana (Smith, 1917).– British Columbia to Montana, south to California and Arizona (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan (CNC).
– Allophorocera montana Smith, 1917b: 140. Type data: holotype male (MTEC). Type locality: USA, Montana, Powderville.
nigricans Webber, 1941.– North Dakota to Québec, south to South Dakota and New Jersey, also British Columbia, Georgia (S&A, 1965), Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Tachinomyia nigricans Webber, 1941: 301. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Lunenburg.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 483)* | |||
| Hymenoptera, Diprionidae | |||
| Monoctenus fulvus (Norton) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Alsophila pometaria (Harris), Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Erannis tiliaria (Harris), Itame pustularia (Guenée), Phigalia titea (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma disstria Hübner | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta leporina (Linnaeus), Baileya dormitans (Guenée), Catocala micronympha Guenée, Lithophane antennata (Walker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) | |||
panaetius (Walker, 1849).– South Dakota to Nova Scotia, south to Kansas and New Jersey (S&A, 1965), Alberta to Newfoundland (CNC), Virginia (FSCA).
– Tachina panaetius Walker, 1849: 767. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Tachina pansa Walker, 1849: 787. Type data: syntypes, 3 males (BMNH) (mention of "type" by Aldrich, 1931a: 13, could be regarded as a lectotype fixation except that his type specimen cannot be distinguished from the other specimens in the type series). Type localities: "North America" and Canada, Nov a Scotia.
– Tachina violenta Walker, 1849: 788. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Tachina irrequieta Walker, 1849: 789. Type data: syntypes, 2 females (BMNH) (mention of "type" by Aldrich, 1931a: 12, could be regarded as a lectotype fixation except that his type specimen cannot be distinguished from the other specimens in the type series). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Tachinomyia robusta Townsend, 1892a: 96. Type data: lectotype male (SEMK), by designation of Curran, 1926d: 169. Type locality: USA, Michigan, Constantine.
| Hosts from A rnaud (1978: 484)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma disstria Hübner, Malacosoma spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Hemerocampa vetusta (Boisduval) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), Epiglaea apiata (Grote) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 485) for sp. near panaetius (Walker)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta betulae Riley, Catocala sp., Lithophane antennata (Walker), Orthosia hibisci (Guenée) | |||
similis (Williston, 1893).– British Columbia to Manitoba, south to California and Arizona (S&A, 1965).
– Prospherysa similis Williston, 1893b: 256. Type data: syntypes, 1 male and 1 female (1 syntype in USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Sonoma County.
– Tachinomyia occidentalis Curran, 1926d: 170. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Victoria.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 485)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Halisidota argentata Packard | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma californicum californicum (Packard), Malacosoma californicum pluviale (Dyar), Malacosoma disstria Hübner, Malacosoma spp. (including M. californicum pluviale (Dyar) and/or M. disstria Hübner), Malacosoma spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Hemerocampa vetusta (Boisduval), Stilpnotia salicis (Linnaeus) | |||
variata Curran, 1926.– British Columbia to New Brunswick, south to California, Mexico, Kansas, and New Jersey (S&A, 1965), Texas, Nova Scotia (CNC), Florida (FSCA), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Tachinomyia variata Curran, 1926d: 169. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Point Pelee.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 486)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Malacosoma californicum pluviale (Dyar) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Nephelodes emmedonia (Cramer) | |||
Tachinomyia species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 486) for Tachinomyia spp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Lithophane spp. (including L. disposita Morrison, L. innominata (Smith) and/or L. petulca Grote), Raphia frater 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.
