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Lespesia sp. 1 female Robineau-Desvoidy

Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Eryciini

Hosts: Nymphalidae

Photos:
 
Notes - female "silverytergleschlooker"
big females. fairly robust, almost like small Leschenaultia. Hairy eyes. Back abdomen with TS whitish/silvery. Hind leg with close spaced bristles. Thorax blackish, light whitish pollen at front. Lower margin of face orange.
Length: 7.5 mm, 9 mm, 8.7 mm, 7.7 mm
det. J. O. Stireman III

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Development time

Rearing Results

4 separate rearings of one each

Host plant (of host)

Caterpillar host

Actinote stratonice Nymphalidae (Acraeinae)

Natural History Observations

solitary?

Voucher location

Wright State University