METOPIOPS Townsend, 1912d: 338. Type species: Metopiops mirabilis Townsend, 1912, by original designation [Neotropical].
pyralidis Coquillett, 1897.– Kansas to Ontario and Massachusetts, south to Texas and Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta pyralidis Coquillett, 1897: 117. Type data: holotype male [not female as published] (USNM). Type locality: USA, District of Columbia. Type host: Pyralidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 379), as Metopiops pyralidis (Coquillett)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Unidentified Pyralidae | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 380) for sp. near pyralidis (Coquillett), as Metopiops sp. near pyralidis (Coquillett)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Tetralopha asperatella (Clemens) | |||
Subgenus PHAENOPSIS Townsend, 1912
PHAENOPSIS Townsend, 1912d: 362. Type species: Phaenopsis arabella Townsend, 1912, by original designation [Neotropical].
venusta (Reinhard, 1946).– Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Phaenopsis venusta Reinhard, 1946a: 120. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
Subgenus PSEUDOCHAETA Coquillett, 1895
PSEUDOCHAETA Coquillett, 1895a: 309. Type species: Pseudochaeta argentifrons Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.
argentifrons Coquillett, 1895.– Ontario, Québec, New York, California to Florida (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Pseudochaeta argentifrons Coquillett, 1895a: 310. Type data: lectotype male (USNM), by fixation of Coquillett, 1897: 116 (statement "From the type specimen" is regarded as a lectotype fixation). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles (not Charlotte Harbor, Florida, as cited by Townsend, 1941: 313; see Sabrosky & Arnaud, 1963: 155).
– Pseudochaeta canadensis Brooks, 1945a: 93. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Laniel.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 446)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Cisthene nexa (Boisduval), Tigrioides bicolor (Grote) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Bombycidae | |||
| Unidentified Bombycidae | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Loxostege mancalis (Lederer) | |||
brooksi Sabrosky & Arnaud, 1963.- Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, south to Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta brooksi Sabrosky & Arnaud, 1963: 155 (named for argentifrons of Townsend, 1941, Brooks, 1945, and Reinhard, 1946, not Coquillett, 1895). Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Charlotte Harbor.
clurina Reinhard, 1946.– Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta clurina Reinhard, 1946a: 119. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
finalis Reinhard, 1946.– Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta finalis Reinhard, 1946a: 114. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
frontalis Reinhard, 1946.– Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana (S&A, 1965), Arkansas, Ohio (CNC).
– Pseudochaeta frontalis Reinhard, 1946a: 114. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
marginalis Reinhard, 1946.– Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta marginalis Reinhard, 1946a: 118. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
perdecora Reinhard, 1946.– Texas, Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudochaeta perdecora Reinhard, 1946a: 115. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
robusta (Reinhard, 1924).– Texas, Maryland (S&A, 1965), Arizona, Ontario, Québec (CNC).
– Oxynops robusta Reinhard, 1924b: 271. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
siminina Reinhard, 1946.– Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Texas (S&A, 1965), Iowa, Québec (CNC).
– Pseudochaeta siminina Reinhard, 1946a: 117. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Amherst.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 446)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Pyralidae | |||
| Macrobotys pertextalis (Lederer), Palpita magniferalis (Walker) | |||
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.
