SCOPOLIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 268 (junior homonym of Scopolia Hübner, 1825 or earlier). Type species: Musca carbonaria Panzer, 1798, by subsequent designation of Zetterstedt, 1844: 1239 [Palearctic].
PERISCEPSIA Gistel, 1848: x (nomen novum for Scopolia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830).
PHORICHETA Rondani, 1861a: 8 (nomen novum for Scopolia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; also subsequently spelled Phorichaeta, unjustified emendation).
There are no species assigned to Periscepsia (Periscepsia) in America north of Mexico.
Subgenus PETINARCTIA Villeneuve, 1928
PETINARCTIA Villeneuve, 1928: 306 (also subsequently spelled Peteinarctia, in error). Type species: Peteina stylata Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by monotypy.
RHYNCHOPETEINA Townsend, 1931b: 459. Type species: Peteina stylata Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by original designation.
PSEUDOPETINA Ringdahl, 1933: 17. Type species: Peteina stylata Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 (genus spelled as Petina), by monotypy.
stylata (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891).– Northeastern Palearctic, Arctic Canada, Greenland (Richter & Wood, 1995), Alaska (CNC).
– Peteina stylata Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 83 (also 1892: 387). Type data: holotype female (NHMW). Type locality: Greenland.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 424), as Petinarctia stylata (Brauer & Bergenstamm)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Byrdia groenlandica Wocke | |||
Subgenus RAMONDA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
RAMONDA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 790. Type species: Ramonda fasciata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (= Tachina spathulata Fallén, 1820), by original designation [Palearctic].
METACHAETA Coquillett, 1895d: 98. Type species: Metachaeta atra Coquillett, 1895 (= Rhinophora laevigata van der Wulp, 1890), by original designation.
EUTRICOGENA Townsend, 1915b: 23. Type species: Tricogena setipennis Coquillett, 1897 (= Tachina clesides Walker, 1849), by original designation.
NEOPHORICHAETA Smith, 1915b: 100. Type species: Neophorichaeta johnsoni Smith, 1915 (= Tachina clesides Walker, 1849), by original designation.
POLIDEOSOMA Townsend, 1915m: 226. Type species: Polideosoma rohweri Townsend, 1915, by original designation.
cinerosa (Coquillett, 1902).– British Columbia to Montana, south to California, Arizona, and Colorado (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Alberta (CNC).
– Phorichaeta cinerosa Coquillett, 1902b: 116. Type data: holotype male [not female as cited by Townsend, 1940: 253] (USNM). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Flagstaff.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 420)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote) | |||
clesides (Walker, 1849).– Alaska to Saskatchewan, south to Oregon, also Minnesota to New Brunswick and Maine, south to Ohio (S&A, 1965), Yukon, New Mexico, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Tachina clesides Walker, 1849: 757. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: North America.
– Tricogena setipennis Coquillett, 1897: 130. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Franconia.
– Neophorichaeta johnsoni Smith, 1915b: 100. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Maine, North East Harbor.
– Peteina ontario Curran, 1926a: 87. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Lake Nipigon, Macdiarmid.
helymus (Walker, 1849).– Alaska, British Columbia and Québec, United States south to California, New Mexico, Kansas, and Connecticut (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Nunavut and Alberta to Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Tachina helymus Walker, 1849: 795. Type data: holotype female [sex cannot be confirmed because most of specimen is missing] (BMNH). Type locality: USA, Maine.
– Scopolia sequax Williston in Cook, 1884: 42 (also published in separates, Cook, 1884: 5, 1885: 83). Type data: holotype female (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Michigan.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 421)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Actebia fennica (Tauscher), Agrotis sp., Amathes smithii (Snellen), Autographa californica (Speyer), Cirphis sp., Elaphria nucicolora (Guenée), Epiglaea apiata (Grote), Eupsilia devia (Grote), Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote), Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée), Faronta diffusa (Walker), Leucania commoides Guenée, Lithophane innominata (Smith), Lithophane spp. (including L. disposita Morrison, L. innominata (Smith) and/or L. petulca Grote), Peridroma saucia (Hübner), Polia adjuncta (Boisduval), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) | |||
labradorensis (Brooks, 1945).– Labrador (S&A, 1965), Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba, Québec, Newfoundland (CNC).
– Petinops labradorensis Brooks, 1945a: 92. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Labrador, Hopedale.
laevigata (van der Wulp, 1890).- British Columbia and Québec, United States south to California, Texas, and Virginia, Mexico, Guatemala (S&A, 1965), Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland (CNC).
– Rhinophora laevigata van der Wulp, 1890: 205. Type data: holotype male [not female as published] (BMNH). Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Atoyac.
– Metachaeta atra Coquillett, 1895d: 99. Type data: lectotype female (USNM), by fixation of Coquillett, 1897: 126 (statement "From the type specimen" is regarded as a lectotype fixation). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Algonquin.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 422)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Elaphria nucicolora (Guenée), Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote), Lascoria ambigualis (Walker), Lithophane sp., Peridroma saucia (Hübner), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) | |||
polita (Brooks, 1945).– British Columbia, Oregon (S&A, 1965), Washington (CNC).
– Eutricogena polita Brooks, 1945a: 92. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Agassiz.
rohweri (Townsend, 1915).- Washington to Montana and Colorado (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Alberta (CNC).
– Polideosoma rohweri Townsend, 1915m: 227. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Colorado, Florissant.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 423)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Agrotis orthogonia Morrison, Euxoa pallipennis (Smith), Euxoa tristicula (Morrison), Spaelotis clandestina (Harris) | |||
Periscepsia species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 423) for Periscepsia spp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Glaea sp. | |||
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.
