■ Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present

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Jacobson, N.L. 1991. Parasitoid and larval food plant records for three Peruvian moths (Arctiidae, Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45: 173–175.


Jadhav, D.R. and Armes, N.J. 2013. Diapause in two tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in southern India. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5: 118–125.


Jadhav, D.R., Desai, A.S. and Sathe, T.V. 2014. Distribution and economic status of Uzi fly Exorista bombycis Louis, a parasitoid of mulberry silk worm Bombyx mori L. in Maharashtra. Global Journal for Research Analysis 3 (7): 3–5.


Jagtap, C.R., Shetgar, S.S. and Nalwandikar, P.K. 2008. Key mortality factors of Earias vittella (Fabricius) and Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) infesting okra. Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural Universities 33: 195–200.


Jahan, M.S., Rahman, S.M., Hasan, M.M. and Saiful-Islam, M. 1998. Effects of gamma-radiation on adult longevity and reproductive potential of the uzi fly Exorista bombycis (Louis) an endoparasitoid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia 38: 261–269.


Jahan, M.S., Rahman, S.M. and Khan, M.A.R. 1994. Longevity of the uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae) on glucose, sucrose and honey solutions. University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University 13: 61–64.


Jahan, M.S., Rahman, S.M. and Khan, M.A.R. 1995. Preservation of pupae of the uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae) at low temperatures. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Science 21: 243–247.


Jain, S. and Ashfaque, M. 1995. Studies on metabolic profile of the tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) consequent to uzi parasitisation. Indian Journal of Comparative Animal Physiology 13: 47–51.


Jaipal, S. and Chaudhary, J.P. 1994. Laboratory studies on temperature tolerance in Sturmiopsis inferens Tns. (Tachinidae: Diptera). Journal of Insect Science 7: 93–94.


Jalali, S.K. and Singh, S.P. 2002. Seasonal activity of stem borers and their natural enemies on fodder maize. Entomon 27: 137–146.


Jalali, S.K., Singh, S.P., Kumar, P. and Ballal, C.R. 1989. New record of hyperparasitoids on Campoletis chloridae Uchida and Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky parasitizing Heliothis armigera (Hubner) on tomato. Current Science 58: 326–327.


Jamalahmad, M. and Zaki, F.A. 2008. Natural parasitism of the rice skipper, Parnara guttata (Bremer and Grey) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) infesting paddy at Anantnag, Kashmir. Journal of Biological Control 22: 113–117.


James, D.G. 2005. Further field evaluation of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles as attractants for beneficial insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31: 481–495.


Jamil, K., Jyothi, K.N. and Prasuna, A.L. 1993. Suitability of some non-sericigenous macrolepidoptera as alternate hosts for the Indian uzifly Exorista sorbillans (Wied): (Diptera Tachinidae). Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 36: 380–382.


Jamil, K., Jyothi, K.N., Prasuna, A.L., Murty, U.S.N. and Persoons, C.J. 1997. Trichopria khandalus (Hym., Diapridae [Diapriidae]): a new biocontrol agent of the uzifly Exorista bombycis (Dipt., Tachinidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 121: 99–102.


Jamil, K. and Murthy, U.S. 1993. Attempts at the control of uzi fly Exorista sorbillans, a severe pest of silkworms. Pp. 219–225. In: ChannaBasavanna, G.P., Veeranna, G. and Dandin, S.B., eds., Recent advances in uzi fly research: Proceedings of the National Seminar on uzi fly and its control, 16–17 January 1992. Bangalore, India. 305 pp.


Jang, S.-a., Cho, J.-h., Park, G.-m., Choo, H.-y. and Park, C.-g. 2011. Attraction of Gymnosoma rotundatum (Diptera: Tachinidae) to different amounts of Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) aggregation pheromone and the effect of different pheromone dispensers. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 119–121.


Jang, S.-a. and Park, C.-g. 2010. Gymnosoma rotundatum (Diptera: Tachinidae) attracted to the aggregation pheromone of Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 13: 73–75.


Janzen, D.H. 1981. The peak in North American ichneumonid species richness lies between 38º and 42ºN. Ecology 62: 532–537.


Janzen, D.H. 1988. Ecological characterisation of a Costa Rica dry forest caterpillar fauna. Biotropica 20: 120–135.


Janzen, D.H. 1995. The caterpillars and their parasitoids of a tropical dry forest. The Tachinid Times 8: 1–3.


Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Blandin, P., Burns, J.M., Cadiou, J.M., Chacon, I., Dapkey, T., Deans, A.R., Epstein, M.E., Espinoza, B., Franclemont, J.G., Haber, W.A., Hajibabaei, M., Hall, J. P.W., Hebert, P.D.N., Gauld, I.D., Harvey, D.J., Hausmann, A., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, D.O.N., Landry, J.F., Lemaire, C., Miller, J.Y., Miller, J.S., Miller, L.E.E., Miller, S.E., Montero, J., Munroe, E., Green, S.R., Ratnasingham, S., Rawlins, J.E., Robbins, R.K., Rodriguez, J.J., Rougerie, R., Sharkey, M.J., Smith, M.A., Solis, M.A., Sullivan, J.B., Thiaucourt, P., Wahl, D.B., Weller, S.J., Whitfield, J.B., Willmott, K.R., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Wilson, J.J. 2009. Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (Suppl. 1): 1–26.


Jaques, R.P. and Garland, J.A. 1994. Beneficial insects, mites and pathogens. [In chapter 3, Disease and pest management.] Pp. 27–29. In: Howard, R.J., Garland, J.A. and Seaman, W.L., eds., Diseases and pests of vegetable crops in Canada: an illustrated compendium. Canadian Phytopathological Society and Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa. 554 pp.


Jaques, R.P. and Laing, J.E. 1984. Artogeia rapae (L.), imported cabbageworm (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), cabbage looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Plutella xylostella (L.), diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Pp. 15–18. In: Kelleher, J.S. and Hulme, M.A., eds., Biological control programmes against insects and weeds in Canada 1969–1980. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough, England. 410 pp.


Javaregowda, N. 2006. Tachinid parasitoids of the defoliator, Hyblaea puera Cramer from Karnataka, South India. Insect Environment 11: 162–163.


Jayanth, K.P. and Nagarkatti, S. 1984. Record of true parasitism in Peribaea orbata (Wied) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Environ 9: 77–78.


Jayanth, K.P. and Nagarkatti, S. 1984. Testing Bessa remota [Dip.: Tachinidae] against Opisina arenosella [Lep.: Cryptophasidae] and other lepidopterous hosts in India. Entomophaga 29: 415–419.


Jayanthi, P.D.K. and Verghese, A. 2010. Natural parasitization of larvae of fruit piercing moth, Eudocima (= othreis) materna (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera). Insect Environment 16: 67.


Jayaram, A., Pradeep, A.N.R., Awasthi, A.K., Murthy, G.N., Ponnuvel, K.M., Sasibhushan, S. and Rao, G.C. 2014. Coregulation of host-response genes in integument: switchover of gene expression correlation pattern and impaired immune responses induced by dipteran parasite infection in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Applied Genetics 55: 209–221.


Jenkins, D.A., Mizell, R.F., III, Shapiro-Ilan, D., Cottrell, T. and Horton, D. 2006. Invertebrate predators and parasitoids of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Georgia and Florida. Florida Entomologist 89: 435–440.


Jenner, W.H., Jenner, E.J., Kuhlmann, U., Bennett, A.M.  and Cossentine, J.E. 2013. Enarmonia formosana Scopoli, cherry bark tortrix (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Pp. 156–163. In: Mason, P.G. and Gillespie, D.R., eds., Biological control programmes in Canada 2001–2012. CABI, Wallingford. xxv + 518 pp.


Jervis, M.A. and Copland, M.J.W. 1996. The life cycle. Pp. 63–161. In: Jervis, M. and Kidd, N., eds., Insect Natural Enemies. Practical approaches to their study and evaluation. Chapman and Hall. 491 pp.


Jervis, M.A. and Gilbert, F.S. 1996. Mouthpart structure and function in insect parasitoids, with particular reference to feeding. P. 624. In:  Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25–31, 1996. 820 pp.


Jewess, P.J. 1998. Rearing Cydia corollana (Hb.) (Lep.: Tortricidae), Billaea irrorata (Mg.) (Dip.: Tachinidae) and other insects from galls of Saperda populnea (L.) (Col.: Cerambycidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 110: 267–268.


Jiang, M.-c. and Zheng, P. 2010. Preliminary study on biological characteristics and control of Diprion nanhuaensis Xiao. Journal of Jiangsu Forestry Science & Technology 37: 28–30, 40. [In Chinese.]


Jiang, X.-f., Zhang, L., Yang, H.-x., Sappington, T.W., Cheng, Y.-x. and Luo, L.-z. 2016. Biocontrol of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata, by the tachinid fly Exorista civilis is synergized by Cry1Ab protoxin. Scientific Reports 6 (26873): 1–8.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.1038/srep26873


Jiang, X.-j., Yang, X.-h. and Li, D.-w. et al. 2015. Investigation on tachinid flies parasitizing Endoclyta signifer and observation on its adult biology. Forest Pest and Disease 34: 31–34. [In Chinese.]


Jin, Z.-c. 1984. Some parasitic flies on snout moth's larva of sugarcane in Yunnan Province. Kunchong Zhishi 21: 219–221. [In Chinese.]


Joannou, J.G. and Gurkovich, A.V. 2009. A review of the genus Bombycomorpha C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874 with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63: 103–117 + 221 [pl. 21].


Jofre, J., Goffinet, B., Marino, P., Raguso, R.A., Nihei, S.S., Massardo, F. and Rozzi, R. 2011. First evidence of insect attraction by a Southern Hemisphere Splachnaceae: the case of Tayloria dubyi Broth. in the Reserve Biosphere Cape Horn, Chile. Nova Hedwigia 92: 317–326.


Johanowicz, D.L., Smith, H.A., Sourakov, A. and Mitchell, E.R. 2002. Lambsquarters in a maize agroecosystem: a potential refuge for natural enemies of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae. Journal of Entomological Science 37: 203–206.


John, E. 2004. Sturmia bella (Meigen) (Dipt.: Tachinidae), new to Wales. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 116: 75–77.


Johnson, J.B. and Miller, T.D. 1994. A parasite Freraea montana (Diptera: Tachinidae) and hyperparasite Trichomalopsis sarcophagae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of an adult ground beetle Amara quenseli (Coleoptera: Carabidae): new host associations discovered in Idaho. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 373–374.


Johnson, M.T., Follett, P.A., Taylor, A.D. and Jones, V.P. 2005. Impacts of biological control and invasive species on a non-target native Hawaiian insect. Oecologia 142: 529–540.


Johnson, M.W. and Wilson, L.T. 1995. Integrated pest management: contributions of biological control to its implementation. Pp. 7–24. In: Nechols, J.R., Andres, L.A., Beardsley, J.W., Goeden, R.D. and Jackson, C.G., eds., Biological control in the western United States. Accomplishments and benefits of regional research project W-84, 1964–1989. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3361. 356 pp.


Johnson, P.J. and Johnson, J.B. 1988. Arctophyto marginalis Curran (Diptera: Tachinidae): parasite of a Cephaloon tenuicornis LeConte larva (Coleoptera: Cephaloidae) in northern Idaho. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64: 8.


Jones, K.D., Bradley, J.R., Jr. and Duyn, J.W. van. 1995. Effects of selected insecticides on European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner), larval parasitism in North Carolina cotton fields. 1995 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX, USA, January 4–7, 1995 2: 847–850.


Jones, R.A. 1999. Recent British records of Gymnosoma nitens Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae) and some comments on its status in Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 12: 140–141.


Jones, R.A. 2000. More of Phasia hemiptera (Fabricius) (Diptera, Tachinidae) in 1999. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 7: 80.


Jones, R.A. 2006. Another record of Catharosia pygmaea (Fallen, 1815) (Diptera, Tachinidae) in Kent. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 100.


Jones, R.A. 2009. Gymnosoma rotundatum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Tachinidae) established in urban London. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 16: 81–82.


Jones, T.H., Hassell, M.P. and May, R.M. 1994. Population dynamics of host-parasitoid interactions. Pp. 371–394. In: Hawkins, B.A. and Sheehan, W., eds., Parasitoid community ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 516 pp.


Jones, W.A. 1988. World review of the parasitoids of the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 262–273.


Jones, W.A., Ehler, L.E., Hoffmann, M.P., Davidson, N.A., Wilson, L.T. and Beardsley, J.W. 1995. Southern green stink bug. Pp. 81–83. In: Nechols, J.R., Andres, L.A., Beardsley, J.W., Goeden, R.D. and Jackson, C.G., eds., Biological control in the western United States. Accomplishments and benefits of regional research project W-84, 1964–1989. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3361. 356 pp.


Jones, W.A., Shepard, B.M. and Sullivan, M.J. 1996. Incidence of parasitism of pentatomid (Heteroptera) pests of soybean in South Carolina with a review of studies in other states. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 13: 243–263.


Jong, H. de. 2000. The types of Diptera described by J.C.H. de Meijere. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. vii + [1] + 271 pp.


Jorgensen, N.M. 1988. Belvosia bicincta (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitizing larvae of the white-lined sphinx moth in eastern New Mexico. Entomological News 99: 85–86.


Joshi, K.C., Gurung, D. and Sarma, P.C. 1988. Some observations on the bionomics of Trabala vishnou Lef. (Lepidoptera Lasiocampidae) – a pest of Eucalyptus spp. in Assam. Journal of Tropical Forestry 4: 285–289.


Jozyan, A. 2004. Efficacy of the sunn pest parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) and their role in reducing fecundity in adult female. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 24: 17–27. [In Persian.]


Jozyan, A. and Ebadi, R. 2002. Study of the efficiency of sunn pests' parasitoid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae) and effects of chemical control of sunn pest on its prevalent parasitoid species in Isfahan. Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources 5: 221–229.


Jüngling, H. and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 1998. Neue oder interessante Wirtsbefunde von Raupenfliegen (Dipt., Tachinidae) aus dem Wallis (Schweiz). Mitteilungen Entomologischen Verein Stuttgart 33: 46.


Jüngling, H and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 2006. Weitere Wirtsbefunde von Raupenfliegen (Diptera: Tachinidae) aus dem Wallis (Schweiz). Mitteilungen Entomologischer Verein Stuttgart 41: 165–166.


Jyohi, K.N., Prasuna, A.L. and Jamil, K. 1993. Scanning electron microscope studies on the antennal sensillae of uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans. Pp. 85–89. In: ChannaBasavanna, G.P., Veeranna, G. and Dandin, S.B., eds., Recent advances in uzi fly research: Proceedings of the National Seminar on uzi fly and its control, 16–17 January 1992. Bangalore, India. 305 pp.


Jyothi, H.K. and Veeranna, G. 1993. Studies on the biology of Dirhinus anthracia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a pupal parasitoid of Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its life-table. Pp. 143–153. In: ChannaBasavanna, G.P., Veeranna, G. and Dandin, S.B., eds., Recent advances in uzi fly research: Proceedings of the National Seminar on uzi fly and its control, 16–17 January 1992. Bangalore, India. 305 pp.


Jyothi, H.K., Veeranna, G. and Bali, G. 1998. Biology and life table studies of Dirhinus anthracia Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) a parasitoid of Exorista bombycis Louis (Diptera: Tachinidae) at various constant temperatures. Journal of Biological Control 12: 93–100.


Jyothi, H.K., Veeranna, G. and Bali, G. 1998. Low temperature storage of the parasitoids of uzi fly, Exorista bombycis Louis (Diptera: Tachinidae) a pest of silkworm, Bombyx mori Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Journal of Biological Control 12: 31–35.


Jyothi, H.K., Veeranna, G. and Bali, G. 1998. Use of freezer stored and coddled pupae of Exorista bombycis (Diptera: Tachinidae) for culturing its parasitoids. Entomon 23: 29–36.


Jyothi, H.K., Veeranna, G., Nirmala, M.R. and Bali, G. 1993. Relative efficacy of the parasitoids of uzi fly as bio-control agents. Pp. 107–115. In: ChannaBasavanna, G.P., Veeranna, G. and Dandin, S.B., eds., Recent advances in uzi fly research: Proceedings of the National Seminar on uzi fly and its control, 16–17 January 1992. Bangalore, India. 305 pp.


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