Leschenaultia bicolor is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[3][4]

Leschenaultia bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Goniini
Genus: Leschenaultia
Species:
L. bicolor
Binomial name
Leschenaultia bicolor
(Macquart, 1846)[1]
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Hosts

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It is a parasitoid of Halysidota caterpillars, including Halysidota cinctipes and Halysidota pearsoni.[5]

Distribution

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Canada, United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela.

References

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  1. ^ a b Macquart, P.J.M. (1846). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1]. Lille: Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts. pp. 133–364, 20 pls. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1916). "Designations of muscoid genotypes, with new genera and species". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 4: 4–12. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Gudin, Filipe Macedo; Carneiro, Isabela Maciel Monteiro (December 2020). "An overview of hosts of the New World genus Leschenaultia (Diptera: Tachinidae), with a new record for L. bicolor in Halysidota pearsoni (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Brazil". The Canadian Entomologist. 152 (6): 734–761. doi:10.4039/tce.2020.46.