Nemoraea pellucida

Nemoraea pellucida
Nemoraea pellucida. Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Nemoraea
Species:	N. pellucida
Binomial name
Nemoraea pellucida (Meigen, 1824)
Synonyms
List Nemoraea affinis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Nemoraea bombylans Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Nemoraea conjuncta Macquart, 1848 Nemoraea discreta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Nemoraea fulva Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Nemoraea fulva Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Nemoraea nupta Rondani, 1859 Nemoraea sponsa Rondani, 1865 Nemoraea vicina Macquart, 1849 Nemoraea vulnerata Zetterstedt, 1849 Tachina neglecta Meigen, 1824 Tachina pellucida Meigen, 1824 Tachina rubrica Meigen, 1824

Nemoraea pellucida is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in Russia, in Asia, in Japan and in North Africa.

Description

Nemoraea pellucida can reach a length of 13.5–14.5 millimetres (0.53–0.57 in). These medium-sized flies have rather small head in respect of their body. In the males the thorax is grayish, with black lines. The scutellum is reddish and the abdomen is orange-yellow, with yellowish white pollinosity and a median black vitta. Legs are black. In a smaller form scutellum and abdomen are black. In the females the scutellum and the abdominal tergites arealways wholly black.

Biology

Adults of these endoparasitoid flies can be found from March to May and in October-November. They mainly feed on nectar of Angelica sylvestris. The females lay their eggs close to the ovations of the host species, especially Hyphantria cunea, Orthosia cerasi, Dypterygia scabriuscula and Sphinx pinastri). When the larvae of the host are born, the larvae of these flies feed on the larvae of the host.