LYPHA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 141 (spelled Lyphe by Coquillett, 1910b: 563, in error). Type species: Tachina dubia Fallén, 1810, by subsequent designation of Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 196 [Palearctic].
cristiverpa O'Hara, 2002.– Saskatchewan to New England, also Texas (O'Hara, 2002).
– Lypha cristiverpa O'Hara, 2002: 106. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, 10 kilometres north of Eardley.
frontalis Brooks, 1945.– Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, New Brunswick (O'Hara, 2002).
– Lypha frontalis Brooks, 1945a: 85. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa.
fumipennis Brooks, 1945.– Widespread throughout southern Canada and northern United States, also Georgia (O'Hara, 2002).
– Lypha fumipennis Brooks, 1945a: 85. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Lillooet.
melobosis (Walker, 1849).– Texas to Massachusetts and Florida (O'Hara, 2002), Missouri (DEH).
– Tachina melobosis Walker, 1849: 743. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: USA, Florida.
– Tachina addita Walker, 1853: 290. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: United States.
– Masicera incivica Walker, 1861: 305. Type data: syntypes, 1 male and 1 female (BMNH). Type locality: North America (as "Hindostan ?," in error; see Crosskey, 1976: 257).
parva Brooks, 1945.– British Columbia to Nova Scotia (O'Hara, 2002), Missouri (DEH).
– Lypha parva Brooks, 1945a: 86. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, near Ottawa, Mer Bleue (bog).
setifacies (West, 1925).– Widespread throughout southern Canada, south to northern California in the west and Virginia in the east (O'Hara, 2002), Missouri (DEH).
– Didyma setifacies West, 1925: 124. Type data: holotype male (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Albany.
– Lypha intermedia Brooks, 1945a: 86. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Gogama. Type host: Pseudosciaphila duplex (Walsingham) [published as Sciaphila duplex], Tortricidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 365), as Lypha intermedia Brooks* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae | |||
| Anacampsis innocuella (Zeller) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae | |||
| Sciaphila duplex (Walsingham) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 365)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Choristoneura conflictana (Walker), Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), Choristoneura pinus Freeman, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), Croesia albicomana (Clemens) | |||
Lypha species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 366) for Lypha sp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Sparganothis pettitana (Robinson) | |||
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.
