Thelaira leucozona
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Genus: | Thelaira |
| Species: | T. leucozona
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| Binomial name | |
| Thelaira leucozona (Panzer, 1806)
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Thelaira leucozona is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1806.[1][2] It parasitizes moths such as Arctia caja by laying eggs in the larvae that eventually kill the host.
Distribution[]
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Switzerland[3] and United Kingdom[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ^ James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
- ^ "Thelaira leucozona (Panzer 1809)". Fauna Europaea project. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Bergström, C. (2004). "Thelaira leucozona (Panzer) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. Dipterists Forum. 11 (2): 171–172.
Categories:
- Diptera of Europe
- Dexiinae
- Insects described in 1806
- Dexiinae stubs