Thelaira leucozona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Voriini |
Genus: | Thelaira |
Species: | T. leucozona
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Binomial name | |
Thelaira leucozona | |
Synonyms | |
Thelaira leucozona is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1806.[4][5][6] It parasitizes moths such as Arctia caja by laying eggs in the larvae that eventually kill the host.[5]
Great Britain,[7] Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Russia, Transcaucasia, China.