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Nilea hortulana
(a parasitoid fly)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Nilea hortulana (Meigen, 1824) (a parasitoid fly)

Suggested Literature

Nilea hortulana may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)		 TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Nilea hortulana is associated with:

Photos larva Calliteara pudibunda - Pale Tussock Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Orgyia antiqua - Vapourer Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Acronicta - daggers and knotgrasses (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
larva Acronicta aceris - The Sycamore Moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Acronicta megacephala - Poplar Grey Moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953
Photos larva Acronicta psi - Grey Dagger (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Acronicta rumicis - Knot Grass Moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Acronicta tridens - Dark Dagger (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Mamestra brassicae - Cabbage Moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Carr, J.W., 1935
Photos larva Agrotis segetum - Turnip Moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953
larva Xestia ashworthii - Ashworth's Rustic (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Autographa gamma - Silver Y (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip Moth (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [UMO]
Photos larva Pieris brassicae - Large White Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
Photos larva Archips podana/operana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Ptycholoma lecheana - a tortrix moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993

There may be more taxa associated with Nilea hortulana listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Nilea hortulana:

Nilea hortulana may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Carr, J.W., 1935 The invertebrate fauna of Nottingham: supplement
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 1: with a description of Frontina laeta Mg., (Dipt: Larvaevoridae)

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