PHRYXE Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 158. Type species: Phryxe athaliae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Tachina vulgaris Fallén, 1810), by subsequent designation of Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 329, 358 (as vulgaris, with athaliae in synonymy) [Palearctic].
OBOLOCERA Townsend, 1919a: 180. Type species: Homoeonychia rapae Smith, 1917 (= Tachina vulgaris Fallén, 1810), by original designation.
PLAGIOPHRYXE Townsend, 1926: 32. Type species: Plagiophryxe pecosensis Townsend, 1926, by original designation.
pecosensis (Townsend, 1926).– Alaska, British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to California, New Mexico, and Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Pennsylvania (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Plagiophryxe pecosensis Townsend, 1926: 33. Type data: lectotype female (USNM), by fixation of Townsend, 1931a: 178 (mention of "female Ht" is regarded as a lectotype fixation). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Pecos National Forest, Harvey's Ranch, 10,000 feet.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 433)* | |||
| Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae | |||
| Pikonema alaskensis (Rohwer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Danaidae | |||
| Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Alsophila pometaria (Harris), Cingilia catenaria (Cramer), Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Erannis tiliaria (Harris), Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenée), Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae | |||
| Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Heptagrotis phyllophora (Grote), Lithophane antennata (Walker), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth), Noctuid spp. (including Mamestra configurata Walker and/or Peridroma saucia (Hübner)) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Dioryctria reniculella (Grote), Nephopteryx subcaesiella (Clemens) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Hemileuca spp. (including H. lucina H. Edwards or H. maia (Drury)) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Acleris variana (Fernald), Aphelia alleniana (Fernald), Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Archips cerasivoranus (Fitch), Archips infumatanus (Zeller), Choristoneura conflictana (Walker), Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), Choristoneura pinus Freeman, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 436) for probably pecosensis (Townsend)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Synchlora spp. (including S. aerata (Fabricius) and/or S. liquoraria albolineata Packard) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Nephelodes emmedonia (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Ostrinia spp. (including 0. obliteralis (Walker) and/or 0. penitalis Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) | |||
vulgaris (Fallén, 1810).– Holarctic; British Columbia and Idaho to California, also northeastern Wisconsin to New Brunswick and New Jersey (Sabrosky & Reardon, 1976), Alberta, Manitoba, Québec (CNC).
– Tachina vulgaris Fallén, 1810: 282. Type data: lectotype male (NHRS), by designation of Crosskey, 1974: 303 (mention of "Ht" by Townsend, 1941: 197, is not a lectotype fixation because the specimen in question is not distinguishable from the other specimens in the type series). Type locality: Sweden.
– Tachina (Exorista) hirsuta Osten Sacken, 1887: 163. Type data: holotype female (MCZ). Type locality: unknown (locality illegible on label, "presumably New York" according to Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 27). Type host: Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), Pieridae.
– Homoeonychia rapae Smith, 1917b: 139. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Melrose Highlands, Gypsy Moth Parasite Laboratory. Type host: Artogeia rapae (Linnaeus) [published as Pontia rapae], Pieridae. New synonymy.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 402), as Obolocera rapae (Smith)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 437)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Danaidae | |||
| Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Geometridae | |||
| Alsophila pometaria (Harris), Cingilia catenaria (Cramer), Ennomos subsignarius (Hübner), Erannis tiliaria (Harris) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae | |||
| Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Lithophane antennata (Walker), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pieridae | |||
| Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Evergestis straminalis (Hübner), Loxostege commixtalis (Walker) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Hemileuca spp. (including H. lucina H. Edwards and/or H. maia (Drury)) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Tortricidae | |||
| Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) | |||
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.
