■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Nemorilla Rondani, 1856

NEMORILLA Rondani, 1856: 66. Type species: Tachina maculosa Meigen, 1824, by original designation [Palearctic].


insolens Aldrich & Webber, 1924.– Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, North Carolina (S&A, 1965), Tennessee, New Jersey (CNC), Minnesota (DEH).
– Nemorilla insolens Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 6. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Melrose Highlands.


parva (Coquillett, 1897).– Colorado (S&A, 1965).
– Exorista parva Coquillett, 1897: 100. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Colorado.


pyste (Walker, 1849).– British Columbia to Nova Scotia, all United States, Mexico (Sabrosky & Reardon, 1976), Newfoundland (CNC).
– Tachina pyste Walker, 1849: 754. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Tachina (Exorista) phycitae LeBaron, 1872: 123. Type data: syntypes, unknown number of males and 1 female (whereabouts unknown). Type locality: USA, Illinois. Type host: Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller) [published as Phycita nebulo Walsh], Pyralidae.
– Exorista scudderi Williston, 1889: 1921. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Texas. Type host: Euristrymon ontario autolycus (Edwards) [published as Thecla autolycus], Lycaenidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 391)*
Coleoptera, Coccinellidae
Epilachna varivestis Mulsant
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
Filatima persicaeella (Murtfeldt)
Lepidoptera, Glyphipterygidae
Anthophila pariana (Clerck)
Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae
Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus)
Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
Strymon ontario autolycus (Edwards)
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Porthetria dispar (Linnaeus)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Achatodes zeae (Harris), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Prodenia sunia (Guenée), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)
Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae
Depressaria pastinacella (Duponchel)
Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae
Ancylis comptana (Frölich), Ancylis comptana fragariae (Walsh & Riley), Episimus argutanus (Clemens), Evora hemidesma (Zeller), Exartema sericoranum Walsingham, Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Rhopobota naevana (Hübner), Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiffermüller), Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermüller)
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Acrobasis betulella Hulst, Acrobasis caryae Grote, Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot, Acrobasis comptoniella Hulst, Acrobasis coryliella Dyar, Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller), Acrobasis juglandis (LeBaron), Asciodes anormalis (Guenée) probably, Desmia funeralis (Hübner), Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus), Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius), Hedylepta indicata (Fabricius), Hellula phidilealis (Walker), Hellula rogatalis (Hulst), Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius), Hulstia undulatella (Clemens), Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius), Loxostege similalis (Guenée), Maruca testulalis (Geyer), Nephopteryx subcaesiella (Clemens), Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), Ostrinia spp. (including 0. obliteralis (Walker) and/or 0. penitalis Grote), Pachyzancla bipunctalis (Fabricius), Phlyctaenia coronata tertialis (Guenée), Pilocrocis tripunctata (Fabricius), Pococera scabridella (Ragonot), Psara pallicaudalis Snellen, Pyrausta futilalis (Lederer), Pyrausta signatalis (Walker), Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée), Tetralopha asperatella (Clemens)
Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Acleris minuta (Robinson), Acleris variana (Fernald), Adoxophyes furcatana (Walker), Amorbia emigratella Busck, Aphelia alleniana (Fernald), Archippus packardianus (Fernald), Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Archips cerasivoranus (Fitch), Archips fervidanus (Clemens), Archips griseus (Robinson), Archips purpuranus (Clemens), Archips rosanus (Linnaeus), Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walker), Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), Choristoneura houstonana (Grote), Choristoneura parallela (Robinson), Choristoneura pinus Freeman, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), Pandemis pyrusana (Kearfott), Sparganothis sulfureana (Clemens)
Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae
Yponomeuta malinella Zeller, Yponomeuta multipunctella Clemens, Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 399) for probably pyste (Walker)*
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Acrobasis rubrifasciella Packard
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 399) for sp. near pyste (Walker)*
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller), Asciodes gordialis (Guenée)

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.


*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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