Acantholespesia comstocki is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[2][3] Its larval hosts are Hesperiidae, Megathymidae and Pyralidae families of butterflies.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
| Tribe: | Eryciini |
| Genus: | Acantholespesia |
| Species: | A. comstocki
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| Acantholespesia comstocki | |
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Williston, S.W. (1889). The dipterous parasites of North American butterflies. Pp. 1912–1924 + pl. 89. In: Scudder, S.H., ed., The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England. Vol. 3. Published by author, Cambridge. pp. 1775–1958 + pl. 89.
- ^ O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
- ^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Zetina, Dulce H.; Llanderal, Celina; Huerta, Herón (June 2012). "Acantholespesia texana 1 : A New Report for Mexico, as a Parasitoid of Comadia Redtenbacheri Hamm. 2". Southwestern Entomologist. 37 (2): 235–237. doi:10.3958/059.037.0217.
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