HYPHANTROPHAGA Townsend, 1892f: 247. Type species: Meigenia hyphantriae Townsend, 1891, by original designation.
EUSISYROPA Townsend, 1908: 97. Type species: Tachina blanda Osten Sacken, 1887, by subsequent designation of Coquillett, 1910b: 543.
angustata (van der Wulp, 1890).– Mexico, Texas (S&A, 1965), Arizona (CNC).
– Exorista angustata van der Wulp, 1890: 70. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Chilpancingo.
– Zenillia (Zenillia) coquilletti Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 18. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas.
blanda (Osten Sacken, 1887).– British Columbia, Washington, Ontario to Prince Edward Island, south to Arizona and Florida (S&A, 1965), Manitoba (CNC).
– Tachina (Exorista) blanda Osten Sacken, 1887: 162. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: unknown (Massachusetts according to Townsend, 1941: 266, and S&A, 1965: 1093). Type host: Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) [published as Cynthia cardui], Nymphalidae.
– Exorista blanda proserpina Williston, 1889: 1919. Type data: holotype, sex unknown (whereabouts unknown). Type locality: unknown. Type host: Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte) [published as Thanaos brizo], Hesperiidae.
– Exorista hypenae Coquillett in Howard, 1897: 47. Nomen nudum.
– Exorista boarmiae Coquillett, 1897: 95. Type data: lectotype female (USNM), by fixation of Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 39 (mention of "type" is regarded as a lectotype fixation, see Sabrosky, 1983: 254). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Cotuit (see Townsend, 1908: 98, Sellers, 1943: 22, and Sabrosky, 1983: 254). Type host: Alabama argillacea (Hübner), Noctuidae (host cited by Townsend, 1908: 98, as Aletia argillacea).
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 236), as Eusisyropa blanda (Osten Sacken)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria textor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae | |||
| Anisota rubicunda (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae | |||
| Gelechiid webber(-s) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Cingilia catenaria (Cramer), Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Hydria undulata (Linnaeus), Isturgia truncataria (Walker), Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae | |||
| Calpodes ethlius (Stoll), Epargyreus clarus (Cramer), Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Limacodidae | |||
| Euclea cippus Cramer, Euclea delphinii Boisduval | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus) probably, Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donovan), Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus), Stilpnotia salicis (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Alabama argillacea (Hübner), Catocala spp., Hypena humuli (Harris), Mocis spp. (including M. latipes (Guenée) and/or M. repanda (Fabricius)), Phosphila turbulenta Hübner, Plathypena scabra (Fabricius), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Unidentified Catocalinae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus), Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius), Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus), Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae | |||
| Depressaria pastinacella (Duponchel), Depressaria spp., Psilocorsis faginella (Chambers), Psilocorsis fletcherella Gibson | |||
| Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae | |||
| Gretchena bolliana (Slingerland) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Psychidae | |||
| Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Acrobasis comptoniella Hulst, Alatuncusia bergi (Möschler), Dichogama redtenbacheri Lederer, Loxostege similalis (Guenée), Nephopteryx subcaesiella (Clemens), Nephopteryx subfuscella (Ragonot), Tetralopha robustella Zeller | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury), Sphecodina abbottii Swainson | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Archips cerasivoranus (Fitch), Archips fervidanus (Clemens), Argyrotaenia mariana (Fernald) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 242) for probably blanda (Osten Sacken), as probably Eusisyropa blanda (Osten Sacken)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae | |||
| Filatima monotaeniella (Bottimer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Anomis erosa Hübner | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 242), as Eusisyropa boarmiae (Coquillett)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria textor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Isturgia truncataria (Walker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Alabama argillacea (Hübner), Hypena humuli (Harris), Plathypena scabra (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Acrobasis caryae Grote, Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller), Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller) probably, Dichogama redtenbacheri Lederer, Loxostege similalis (Guenée) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Archips fervidanus (Clemens) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae | |||
| Urodus parvulus (H. Edwards) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 244) for probably blanda (Osten Sacken), as probably Eusisyropa boarmiae (Coquillett)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Plathypena scabra (Fabricius) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Acrobasis sp. | |||
blandita (Coquillett, 1897).– Wisconsin to Maine, south to Ohio and Rhode Island, also District of Columbia (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Exorista blandita Coquillett, 1897: 96. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Franconia.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 533), as Zenillia blandita (Coquillett)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Nycteola spp. (including N. cinereana Neumoegen & Dyar, N. columbiana H. Edwards and/or N. frigidana Walker) | |||
collina (Reinhard, 1944).- California, Arizona, Oklahoma (S&A, 1965), New Mexico, Texas (CNC).
– Zenillia collina Reinhard, 1944b: 68. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Chiricahua Mountains.
euchaetiae (Sellers, 1943).– Ohio to Massachusetts, south to Maryland (S&A, 1965).
– Zenillia euchaetiae Sellers, 1943: 13. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New York, Clayton. Type host: Euchaetes egle (Drury) [published as Euchaetias egle], Arctiidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 287)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Cycnia inopinatus (H. Edwards), Cycnia tenera Hübner, Euchaetias egle (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Pyrausta futilalis (Lederer) | |||
hyphantriae (Townsend, 1891).– British Columbia, Michigan, Ohio, California to North Carolina and Florida (S&A, 1965), Maryland (CNC).
– Meigenia hyphantriae Townsend, 1891f: 176. Type data: syntypes, published as 3 males and 1 female, apparently in error (2 female syntypes in SEMK) (mention by Townsend, 1931a: 180, of "female Ht" in SEMK is not regarded as a lectotype fixation because the specimen in question cannot be distinguished from among the 2 female syntypes in SEMK). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Las Cruces. Type host: Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Arctiidae.
– Exorista ceratomiae Coquillett, 1897: 101. Type data: holotype male [cited as female by Townsend, 1931a: 180, in error] (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, Fort Worth.
– Zenillia desmiae Sellers, 1943: 16. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Exeter. Type host: Desmia funeralis (Hübner), Pyralidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 287), as Hyphantrophaga desmiae (Sellers)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Desmia funeralis (Hübner) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 287)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Cycnia inopinatus (H. Edwards), Cycnia tenera Hübner, Euchaetias egle (Drury), Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Hyphantria textor (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae | |||
| Anisota senatoria J.E. Smith | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Eucaterva variaria Grote, Lygris diversilineata (Hübner) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae | |||
| Gloveria howardi Dyar, Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), Malacosoma californicum (Packard), Malacosoma incurvum discoloratum (Neumoegen), Malacosoma incurvum incurvum (H. Edwards) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Megalopygidae | |||
| Megalopyge crispata (Packard) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Heliothis zea (Boddie), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Nymphalis milberti (Godart) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Acrobasis caryae Grote, Desmia funeralis (Hübner), Loxostege similalis (Guenée), Omphalocera cariosa Lederer, Pempelia spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval), Ceratomia undulosa (Walker) | |||
scolex (Reinhard, 1953).– California (S&A, 1965).
– Zenillia scolex Reinhard, 1953a: 56. Type data: holotype female (CAS). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles County, Tanbark Flat.
sellersi (Sabrosky, 1983).– Arkansas to Maryland, south to Texas and Florida (S&A, 1965, as boarmiae Coquillett).
– Eusisyropa sellersi Sabrosky, 1983: 254 (named for boarmiae of authors, not Coquillett, 1897; no type designated by Sabrosky, 1983: 254, "name made available by bibliographic reference to the diagnosis of boarmiae in Sellers' key to the species of Zenillia (1943: 6-7)").
virilis (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– British Columbia to Maine, south to Mexico and Georgia (Sabrosky & Reardon, 1976), California to Texas, also Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Zenillia (Eusisyropa) blanda virilis Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 40. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Chicago (not Rye, New York as published; see Arnaud, 1963d: 116).
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 244), as Eusisyropa virilis (Aldrich & Webber)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Hyphantria cunea (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Danaidae | |||
| Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Dioptidae | |||
| Phryganidia californica Packard | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Anacamptodes ephyraria (Walker), Cingilia catenaria (Cramer), Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Melanolophia imitata (Walker), Phigalia titea (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae | |||
| Epargyreus clarus (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Limacodidae | |||
| Euclea delphinii Boisduval | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta dactylina (Grote), Acronicta grisea Walker, Acronicta impressa Walker, Acronicta leporina vulpina (Grote), Acronicta oblinita (J.E. Smith), Acronicta spp. (including A. leporina (Linnaeus) and/or A. lepusculina Guenée), Papaipema harrisii (Grote), Phosphila turbulenta Hübner, Polia legitima (Grote), Simyra henrici (Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Gluphisia septentrionalis Walker, Ichthyura albosigma (Fitch), Ichthyura strigosa Grote | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius), Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Eucheira socialis Westwood | |||
| Lepidoptera, Psychidae | |||
| Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Callosamia promethea (Drury), Platysamia cecropia (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Sphingidae | |||
| Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval) | |||
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.
