Biology:Campylocheta inepta

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Short description: Species of fly

Campylocheta inepta
Campylocheta inepta, Berwyns, North Wales, July 2013 2 (17068067293).jpg
Campylocheta inepta North Wales
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Dexiinae
Tribe: Voriini
Genus: Campylocheta
Species:
C. inepta
Binomial name
Campylocheta inepta
Meigen, 1824[1]

Campylocheta inepta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[2][3] This species is a parasite of mainly Geometridae larvae but also several other families of Lepidoptera associated with heathland and moorland. Campylocheta inepta occurs in montane areas with pine forests in most of Europe but the species is also found in lower areas in central Europe and Spain.[4][5]

References

  1. Meigen, J.W. (1824). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 428 pp., pls. 33–41. 
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN:81-205-0080-6.
  4. Belshaw, R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects 10(4ai) : 1-169. Royal Entomological Society.
  5. O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae". http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14386569 entry