■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Campylocheta Rondani, 1859

CAMPYLOCHETA Rondani, 1859: 157, 169 (also subsequently spelled Campylochaeta, unjustified emendation). Type species: Tachina praecox Meigen, 1824, by fixation of O'Hara & Wood (2004: 18) under Article 70.3.2 of ICZN (1999), misidentified as Tachina schistacea Meigen, 1824, in the original designation by Rondani (1859) [Palearctic].
CHAETOPHLEPSIS Townsend, 1915h: 422. Type species: Chaetophlepsis tarsalis Townsend, 1915, by original designation [Neotropical].
COLORADALIA Curran, 1934: 444, 467. Type species: Coloradalia ocellaris Curran, 1934 (= Hypochaeta eudryae Smith, 1916), by original designation.


atriceps (Reinhard, 1952).– Ohio (S&A, 1965), Québec (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis atriceps Reinhard, 1952b: 21. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Amherst.


canora (Reinhard, 1952).– New York (S&A, 1965).
– Chaetophlepsis canora Reinhard, 1952b: 18. Type data: holotype female (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Hempstead.


eudryae (Smith, 1916).– Colorado, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mississippi (S&A, 1965), Québec (CNC).
– Hypochaeta eudryae Smith, 1916: 94. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Newton. Type host: Eudryas grata (Fabricius), Noctuidae.
– Coloradalia ocellaris Curran, 1934: 467. Type data: holotype male (AMNH). Type locality: USA, Colorado, Fort Collins.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 141), as Chaetophlepsis eudryae (Smith)*
Lepidoptera, Aegeriidae
Melittia cucurbitae (Harris), Melittia cucurbitae (Harris) probably
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius), Autographa sp., Euthisanotia grata (Fabricius), Plathypena scabra (Fabricius), Pseudoplusia includens (Walker)
Lepidoptera, Notodontidae
Pheosia rimosa Packard

nasellensis (Reinhard, 1952).– Washington (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis nasellensis Reinhard, 1952b: 18. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Washington, Naselle River.


orbitalis (Webber, 1931).– British Columbia, Ontario to New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, also Maryland (S&A, 1965), California, Alberta, Ohio, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis orbitalis Webber, 1931: 2. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Sherborn. Type host: Cingilia catenaria (Drury), Geometridae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 142), as Chaetophlepsis orbitalis Webber*
Lepidoptera, Geometridae
Cingilia catenaria (Cramer), Protitame virginalis (Hulst)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Cryphia pervertens Barnes & McDunnough

plathypenae (Sabrosky, 1975).– Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina (Sabrosky, 1975), Ontario (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis plathypenae Sabrosky, 1975: 46. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Johnston County, Clayton. Type host: Plathypena scabra (Fabricius), Noctuidae.


polita (Brooks, 1945).– Oregon, California, Wisconsin, Ontario, Mississippi (S&A, 1965), Arizona, Québec (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis polita Brooks, 1945a: 83. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Mississippi, Agricultural College.


rindgei (Reinhard, 1952).– California (S&A, 1965), British Columbia (CNC).
– Chaetophlepsis rindgei Reinhard, 1952b: 20. Type data: holotype male (CAS). Type locality: USA, California, San Mateo County, King’s Mountain. Type host: Drepanulatrix monicaria (Guenée), Geometridae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 142), as Chaetophlepsis rindgei Reinhard*
Lepidoptera, Geometridae
Drepanulatrix monicaria (Guenée), Drepanulatrix spp. (including D. baueraria Sperry and/or D. monicaria (Guenée))

semiothisae (Brooks, 1945).– Minnesota and Ontario to Nova Scotia, south to Ohio and Maryland, also British Columbia (S&A, 1965), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Chaetophlepsis semiothisae Brooks, 1945a: 82. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Constance Bay.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 143), as Chaetophlepsis semiothisae Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Geometridae
Itame fulvaria Villers probably, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenée), Nepytia canosaria (Walker), Pero sp., Semiothisa bisignata (Walker), Semiothisa granitata Guenée complex, Semiothisa minorata (Packard), Semiothisa oweni (Swett), Semiothisa sexmaculata (Packard)
Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Acleris variana (Fernald)

teliosis (Reinhard, 1952).– British Columbia, North Carolina (S&A, 1965), Alberta, Manitoba, Québec, Newfoundland (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Chaetophlepsis teliosis Reinhard, 1952b: 18. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Raleigh.


townsendi (Smith, 1916).– Florida (S&A, 1965), South Carolina (CNC).
– Hypochaeta townsendi Smith, 1916: 94. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Miami.


Campylocheta species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 143) for Campylocheta spp., as Chaetophlepsis spp.*
Lepidoptera, Aegeriidae
Melittia satyriniformis Hübner
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Catocala antinympha (Hübner), Plathypena scabra (Fabricius)
Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Choristoneura conflictana (Walker)

Reference:


Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.

Sabrosky, C.W. 1975. Chaetophlepsis plathypenae, a new parasite of the green cloverworm, with a key to Chaetophlepsis and Parahypochaeta (Diptera, Tachinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 68: 43–50.


*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.

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