Nemorilla floralis

Nemorilla floralis is a species of tachinid fly.[1][2][3][4]

Nemorilla floralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tachinidae
Subfamily:
Exoristinae
Tribe:
Winthemiini
Genus:
Nemorilla
Species:
N. floralis
Binomial name
Nemorilla floralis
(Fallén, 1810)
Synonyms

Description

Thorax show a few black stripes, with a broader central stripe. Head and body are hairy. Body color range from pale grey or beige to black. The abdomen is speckled. Wings are partially darkened.[5]

Adults can be found from May to July.[5] These flies lay their eggs inside a living host where larvae develop.[5][6]

Hosts

This species is a parasitoid of various butterflies and micro-moths (Arctiidae, Noctuidae, Choreutidae, Nymphalidae, Oecophoridae and Pyralidae).[3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.[1][2]

gollark: Those are "modular" in the sense that you can swap parts, at least, which is nice.
gollark: I'm aware, those aren't "modular" in the common sense.
gollark: Modular phones are also really hard.
gollark: ... nobody is enforcing that, some things are just hard and/or undesired.
gollark: I suppose it's reasonable to just blame other people's different preferences and the high capital cost of phone manufacturing rather than just "the market" but meh.

References
  1. "Fauna Europaea version 2.4". European Commission. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  4. van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4a): 133.
  5. Nature Spot
  6. Tachinidae


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