Campylocheta inepta

Campylocheta inepta
	Campylocheta inepta North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Campylocheta
Species:	C. inepta
Binomial name
	Campylocheta inepta; Meigen, 1824

Campylocheta inepta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2] 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.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
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.
Belshaw, R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects 10(4ai) : 1-169. Royal Entomological Society.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] 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.

[3] Belshaw, R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects 10(4ai) : 1-169. Royal Entomological Society.