SISYROPA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 163 (also 1890: 95). Type species: Tachina thermophila Wiedemann, 1830, by monotypy [Oriental].
OXEXORISTA Townsend, 1912c: 165. Type species: Exorista eudryae Townsend, 1892, by original designation. Type species originally misidentified; see note below.
alypiae Sellers, 1943.– British Columbia, Montana, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mississippi, Mexico (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Alberta, Ontario, Québec (CNC).
– Sisyropa alypiae Sellers, 1943: 101. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Somerville. Type host: Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius), Noctuidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 460)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius), Psychomorpha epimenis (Drury) | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 460) for probably alypiae Sellers* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius) | |||
eudryae (Townsend, 1892).– Wisconsin to Québec and Maine, south to Kansas, Mississippi, and North Carolina (S&A, 1965).
– Exorista eudryae Townsend, 1892c: 287. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, New York, Ithaca. Type host: Eudryas sp., Noctuidae.
– Oxexorista thompsoni Townsend, 1915b: 21 (named for eudryae of Coquillett, 1897, not Townsend, 1892). Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Dayton (cited as Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts by Townsend, 1941: 154, in error).
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 461)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Arctiidae | |||
| Estigmene acrea (Drury) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta hamamelis Guenée, Acronicta sp., Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), Alypia spp., Euthisanotia grata (Fabricius), Euthisanotia unio Hübner, Euthisanotia spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Saturniidae | |||
| Automeris io (Fabricius), Automeris spp. | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 462) for probably eudryae (Townsend)* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta impleta Walker, Acronicta spp. | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Fentonia marthesia (Cramer) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae | |||
| Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) | |||
Sisyropa species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 463) for Sisyropa spp.* | |||
| Lepidoptera, Megalopygidae | |||
| Megalopyge opercularis (J.E. Smith), Megalopyge pyxidifera (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Noctuidae | |||
| Acronicta hastulifera (J.E. Smith) | |||
| Lepidoptera, Notodontidae | |||
| Heterocampa bilineata (Packard) | |||
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.
