Thelaira nigripes

Thelaira nigripes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Dexiinae
Tribe:	Voriini
Genus:	Thelaira
Species:	T. nigripes
Binomial name
	Thelaira nigripes; (Fallén, 1817)
Synonyms
	Dexia albifrons Stephens, 1829; Musca nigrina Fallén, 1817; Musca nigripes Fabricius, 1794; Thelaira albifrons (Stephens, 1829); Thelaira nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)[1]; A. cepelaki (Mesnil, 1961);

Thelaira nigripes is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1817.[1][2] It parasitizes moths such as Arctia caja by laying eggs in the larvae that eventually kill the host.

References

Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.

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