Trigonospila brevifacies

Trigonospila brevifacies
Trigonospila brevifacies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Genus: Trigonospila
Species: T. brevifacies
Binomial name
Trigonospila brevifacies
(Hardy, 1934)

Trigonospila is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1]

Hosts

Tortricid moths (Tortricidae), they have been introduced to New Zealand to control the lightbrown apple moth Epiphyas postvittana an endemic pest of orchards.[2][3]

Distribution

Australia and New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
  2. ^ a b Green, O. R. (1984). "New Zealand host and locality records for an introduced tortricid parasite, Trigonospila brevifacies (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist (New Zealand: Entomological Society of New Zealand) 8. http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto08_1_1984/Volume%208-69-71.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-21. 
  3. ^ P.W. SHAW, P. LO and D.R. WALLIS (2001). "RECENT INTRODUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEAFROLLER PARASITOID TRIGONOSPILA BREVIFACIES (HARDY) (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE) IN NELSON" (pdf). Horticultural Insects (New Zealand Plant Protection Society) 54: 33–36. http://www.nzpps.org/journal/54/nzpp_540330.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-22.