BLONDELIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 122. Type species: Blondelia nitida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Tachina nigripes Fallén, 1810), by subsequent designation of Duponchel, 1842: 609 (see Evenhuis & Thompson, 1990: 233) [Palearctic].
PHOENICIOMYIA Townsend, 1915m: 231. Type species: Phoeniciomyia arizonica Townsend, 1915, by original designation.
PHRYNOLYDELLA Townsend, 1919c: 572. Type species: Phrynolydella polita Townsend, 1919, by original designation.
PSEUDOERIBEA Townsend, 1926: 26. Type species: Pseudoeribea paradexoides Townsend, 1926, by original designation.
CEPHALOPLAGIA Reinhard, 1964b: 43. Type species: Cephaloplagia nubecula Reinhard, 1964 (= Phoeniciomyia arizonica Townsend, 1915), by original designation.
arizonica (Townsend, 1915).– Arizona (S&A, 1965), Idaho (Reinhard, 1964).
– Phoeniciomyia arizonica Townsend, 1915m: 231. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Phoenix.
– Cephaloplagia nubecula Reinhard, 1964b: 44. Type data: holotype male [not female as cited by Wood, 1985: 25] (CNC). Type locality: USA, Idaho, Owyhee County, 13 miles southeast of Murphy.
eufitchiae (Townsend, 1892).– Colorado (S&A, 1965), British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to California and Georgia (CNC).
– Masicera eufitchiae Townsend, 1892c: 286. Type data: holotype male (SEMK) (Curran, 1927a: 13, unnecessarily designated the holotype as lectotype). Type locality: USA, Colorado, Fort Collins. Type host: Itame ribearia (Fitch) [published as Eufitchia ribearia], Geometridae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 104)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Halisidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith), Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria textor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Alsophila pometaria (Harris), Caripeta angustiorata Walker, Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Eupithecia gibsonata Taylor, Itame flavicaria (Packard), Itame quadrilinearia (Packard), Itame ribearia (Fitch), Lambdina fiscellaria (Guenée), Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenée), Nepytia canosaria (Walker), Semiothisa bisignata (Walker), Semiothisa granitata Guenée complex, Semiothisa minorata (Packard), Semiothisa orillata (Walker), Semiothisa oweni (Swett), Semiothisa sexmaculata (Packard), Thera juniperata (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Hypena humuli (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae | |||
| Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermüller) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Acleris minuta (Robinson), Sparganothis distincta (Walsingham) | |||
hyphantriae (Tothill, 1922).– Minnesota to Ontario and Massachusetts, south to District of Columbia, also British Columbia, Washington, Colorado (S&A, 1965), Arizona, Manitoba, Iowa, Québec, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina (CNC), Florida (FSCA), West Virginia (WVU).
– Nemoraea hyphantriae Townsend, 1893c: 467. Nomen nudum.
– Lydella hyphantriae Tothill, 1922b: 43. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Agassiz. Type host: Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Arctiidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 106)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Diacrisia virginica (Fabricius), Halisidota harrisii Walsh, Halisidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith), Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria textor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Bomolocha abalienalis (Walker), Bomolocha deceptalis (Walker), Ceramica picta (Harris), Lithophane antennata (Walker), Lithophane spp. (including L. disposita Morrison, L. innominata (Smith) and/or L. petulca Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker) | |||
obconica (Walker, 1853).– "United States" (S&A, 1965).
– Tachina obconica Walker, 1853: 296. Type data: holotype female [not male as published] (BMNH). Type locality: United States.
paradexoides (Townsend, 1926).– Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), Québec (CNC).
– Pseudoeribea paradexoides Townsend, 1926: 27. Type data: holotype male (USNM) (not found by Aldrich, 1927a: 22, but examined by Wood, 1985: 25). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke Gap.
polita (Townsend, 1919).– Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico (Chihuahua) (S&A, 1965), British Columbia to Manitoba, also Washington, Idaho, California (CNC).
– Phrynolydella polita Townsend, 1919c: 572. Type data: holotype male [not female as cited by Townsend, 1940: 81] (USNM). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Pinal Mountains, Pinal Creek Canyon.
– Lydella connecta Curran, 1925c: 286. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, B.R.V. Mountain, Big Creek.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 107)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Loxostege mancalis (Lederer) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 108) for sp. near polita (Townsend)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Archips infumatanus (Zeller) | |||
Blondelia species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 108) for Blondelia spp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Anacamptodes clivinaria profanata (Barnes & McDunnough), Coryphista meadii (Packard) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Archips spp. | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 108) for probably Blondelia spp.* | |||
| Hymenoptera, Diprionidae | |||
| Diprion hercyniae (Hartig) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Cingilia catenaria (Cramer) | |||
Reference:
Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.
*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.
