Gymnoclytia occidua is a North American species of tachinid flies in the genus Gymnoclytia of the family Tachinidae.[4][5]

Gymnoclytia occidua
Gymnoclytia occidua, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Phasiinae
Tribe: Gymnosomatini
Genus: Gymnoclytia
Species:
G. occidua
Binomial name
Gymnoclytia occidua
(Walker, 1849)[1]
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Hosts

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Larvae have been recorded from Pieris protodice & Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera) and Euschistus variolarius (Hemiptera).[6]

Distribution

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Michigan to Nova Scotia, southwest to Arizona, Mexico, and Georgia, Illinois to Virginia and Texas

References

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  1. ^ a b Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ Loew, H. (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria quarta". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 7: 275–326. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1891). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. V. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae)". F. Tempsky, Wien: 142.
  4. ^ O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
  5. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ Arnaud Jr, Paul H. (1978). A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 860 pp.
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