[reference: Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 112: 25-36]
FURTHER HOST RECORDS OF SOME WEST PALAEARCTIC TACHINIDAE (DIPTERA)
T.H. Ford1, M.R. Shaw2 and D.M. Robertson2
39 Ashbury Drive, Sheffield, S8 8LE1
National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF2
Since our first list of rearings of tachinids from hosts from various sources was published (Ford & Shaw, 1991) enough further material has been received from correspondents and reared by ourselves to merit an additional list. The notes which introduced the previous list are relevant to the present one, but are repeated here (with minor changes) for the sake of convenience. The nomenclature and arrangement of the British species of Tachinidae are according to Chandler (1998); non-British species follow the same arrangement but nomenclature is according to Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993). The lepidopterous hosts are listed according to Kloet & Hincks (1972). Unless otherwise indicated:
(i) records are British,
(ii) hosts are Lepidoptera and have been determined by the collector whose initials are given in parenthesis at the end of the entry,
(iii) British tachinids, with a few exceptions, and some of the continental ones were identified by T.H.Ford but most of the non-British specimens were submitted for determination or confirmation to Dr B. Herting and Dr H-P. Tschorsnig at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde at Stuttgart. For each tachinid species included here, the following data is given, if available: the name of the host; the number and sex of the parasitoids which is presumed to be also the number of individual hosts killed unless the word "brood" is used; the stage at which the host was killed, i.e. larva(ae), prepupa(ae) or pupa(ae); up to three dates, indicating (a) date of collection of the material; (b) emergence of the parasitoid larva from the host (preceded by the abbreviation p.l.e where it is necessary to indicate the event to which the date relates); (c) eclosion of the the parasitoid imago (preceded by the abbreviation em. where necessary) [unless stated otherwise, only two dates = (a) and (c), and only one date = (a)]; the locality; the initials of the collector, or collector/identifier if not the same person. Notes on host associations and other comments are given only where they extend or qualify information available from Ford & Shaw (1991) or Belshaw (1993), in which case they are derived chiefly from Herting (1960) and the unpublished database compiled and maintained by Dr Herting and Dr Tschorsnig. Reference to new host records in the notes means new to the above database since it was first received by us in 1992 and is subordinate to any records from other sources that may have been received by Dr Herting and Dr Tschorsnig since that date.
DEXIINAE
Voriini
Athrycia trepida (Meigen). Orthosia gracilis (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Myrica: brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larva, 4.vii.92, vii.92, 7-25.v.93, and 2 females, ex larvae, 4.vii.92, vii.92, 25.v-24.vi.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); Orthosia ?gothica (L.) on Myrica/Calluna: brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larva, 4.vii.92, 10.vii.92, 12.v.93, Kentra, Argyll (MRS).
Blepharomyia pagana (Meigen). Lycia hirtaria (Clerck): 1 female, ex larva, vi.90, vii.90, FRANCE [Le Muy, Var] (THF); Erannis defoliaria (Clerck): 1 female, ex larva, v.97, iii.98, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); Theria primaria (Haworth) (= rupicapraria sensu auctt.) on Prunus: 2 examples, ex larvae, 4.v.94, vi.94, 13.iv.95, and 1 female, ex larva, 21.v.94, vi.94, 21.iv.95, Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire (MRS).
Blepharomyia piliceps (Zetterstedt). Eulithis populata (L.): 5 examples, ex pupae, 22.vi.92, vii.92, 18-19.iv.93, Hathersage, Derbyshire (THF); 2 males, vii.92, viii.92, 24-26.iv.93, Fox House, Sheffield (THF).
Campylocheta inepta (Meigen). Indet. geometrid on Myrica: 1 male, ex larva, 4.vii.92, 11.vii.92, 1993, Kentra Moss, Argyll (MRS); Lycia lapponaria (Boisduval): 1 female, ex larva, 4.vii.92, vii.92, 14.viii.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); Ematurga atomaria (L.) on Myrica: 2 males, 6 females, ex larvae, 4.vii.92, 11-25.vii.92, 1993, Kentra, Argyll (MRS); 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, 4.vii.92, 22.vii-1.viii.92, 4-12.v.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); 1 male, 2 females, ex larvae, 22.vii.92, 25.vii-5.viii.92, 4-12.v.93, Meathop Moss NR, Cumbria (MRS); 1 male, ex larva, 21.vii.92, viii.92, 18.vi.93, Fish House Moss NNR, Cumbria (MRS); 3 females, ex larvae, 20.viii.93, 28.viii.93, 23-26.v.94, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (THF); Cabera pusaria (L.): 1 female, ex larva, 16.ix.92, 22.ix.92, 18.vi.93, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF); Anarta myrtilli (L.): 1 male, ex larva, 5.vii.92, 21.vii.92, 3.v.93, Glenfinnan, Argyll (MRS); Pseudoips prasinana (L.): 1 male, ex larva, 11.vi.96, 1.vii.96, 31.v.97, FRANCE [Aubérive, Cōte d’Or] (MRS). L. lapponaria is a new host record.
Cyrtophleba ruricola (Meigen). Hecatera dysodea (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Lactuca: brood of 4 (3 males emerged), ex pupa, 20.vii.93, viii.93, 2-6.v.94, FRANCE [St Jean du Gard, Gard] (MRS); ? Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer) on low legumes: brood of 3 females, ex larva, 17.vii.91, p.l.e. 27.vii.91, FRANCE, [Haut Verdon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence] (MRS). H. dysodea and, if the identification is correct, T. exsiccata are new host records.
Ramonda prunaria (Rondani). Mythimna sp.: 1 female, ex larva, 19.vii.91, 24.vii.91, FRANCE [Briancon, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS).
Ramonda spathulata (Fallén). Xestia sp.: 4 examples, ex larvae, 15.iii-2.iv.93, 10.iv-2.v.93, Close House Slopes, Durham (HA); Apamea crenata (Hufnagel): 2 examples, ex larvae, 2.iv.93, 10.iv.93, Close House Slopes, Durham (HA).
Thelaira nigrina (Fallén) (nigripes (Fabricius) preocc.). Arctia caja (L.): 2 males, 3 females, 1985, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); Spilosoma luteum (Hufnagel): 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, 5.ix.92, 10.ix.92, 22.iv and 11.v.93, Bissoe, Cornwall (THF); Spilosoma lubricipeda (L.): 15 examples, solitary and in broods of 2 (2 males emerged), ex larvae, viii.96, viii.96, vii.97, Ardgour, Argyll (THF).
Voria ruralis (Fallén). Autographa gamma (L.): brood of 8, ex larva, 10.ix.94, 29.ix.94, FRANCE [Champ du Boult, Calvados] (THF); 1 female and a brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larvae, 19.vii.96, 8-10.viii.96, FRANCE [Darbres, Ardčche] (MRS).
Wagneria cunctans (Meigen). Aporophyla lutulenta (Denis & Schiffermüller): brood of 4 females, ex larva, 9.iii.97, 18-24.ii.98, SPAIN [Zaragoza] (GEK). This is a new host record, the only other rearing being from Agrochola lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermüller).
EXORISTINAE
Blondeliini
Blondelia nigripes (Fallén). Thaumetopoea pinivora (Treitschke): 1 male, 1 female, ex pupae, 31.vii.93, vi.94, also 2 females, viii.93, 20.viii.95 (!), SWEDEN [Öland] (CE); Lacanobia suasa (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 female, ex larva, 2.ix.93, p.l.e. 27.ix.93 (died unemerged), Beeley Moor, Derbyshire, (THF); Dryobotodes eremita (Fabricius) on Quercus mas: 1 male, 1 female, ex prepupae, 15.v.96, 1.vi.96, 16.vi.96, FRANCE [Bernac, Lot-et-Garonne] (MRS). The record from L. suasa appears to be the only British rearing record of B. nigripes from any host, but it has been recorded from the same host from Magdeburg (Ziegler, 1983).
Compsilura concinnata (Meigen). Zygaena ?viciae (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 female, ex larva, 7-10.vii.98, 20.vii-8.viii.98, SWEDEN [Bäckebo, Småland] (CE); Zygaena fausta (L.): several (solitary), ex prepupae, em. 20.iv-13.v.89, PORTUGAL [Baixa Alentejo] (WGT); Pieris brassicae (L.): 3 males, 1 female from more than one host, ex larvae, end viii.98, Peacehaven, East Sussex (CP); Inachis io (L.): 2 males, 1 female, ex larvae, Southampton, Hampshire (JG); Polygonia c-album (L.) on Humulus: 1 male, ex pupa, 31.viii.94, 12.x.94, Southampton, Hampshire (JG); Araschnia levana (L.): 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, em. 7.x.94, NETHERLANDS [Oss] (MCW); Malacosoma neustria (L.): 2 males, 4 females, ex larvae, 1997, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); Cerura vinula (L.) on Salix: brood of 2 males 4 females, ex larva, 20.vii.93, 30.vii.93, 19.viii.93, FRANCE [St Jean du Gard, Gard] (MRS); Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.): 2 males, 3 females, ex larvae, 10.vi.85, vii.85 and brood of 1 male 2 females, ex larva, 10.vi.85 vii.85, Earley, Berkshire (BTP); 2 females, ex larvae, vii.92, summer 1993, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); Euproctis similis (Fuessly): 1 female, ex larva, em. vii.93 and 1 male, ex larva, em. vii.93 (also produced 22 Diolcogaster connexus (Nees) (Hym.: Braconidae), Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire (MCW); Callimorpha dominula (L.): 2 males, ex larvae, 27.vi.93, 2.vii.93, Cothill, Oxfordshire (DFO); Cucullia lychnitis Rambur: 4 males, 1 female, from 3 host larvae, Hampshire (DY); Acronicta psi (L.): 1 female, ex pupa, 1992, 21.v.93, 10.vi.93, Bisley, Surrey (GJM); Colocasia coryli (L.): 1 female, ex prepupa., 17.viii.84, 1.ix.84, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire (BS). Z. fausta, C. dominula and C. lychnitis are new host records.
Ligeria angusticornis (Loew). Emmelina monodactyla (L.): 1 female (single specimen reared from fifty host larvae), ex larva, 29.vii.92, 10.viii.92, 29.viii-12.ix.92, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF); Phragmatobia fuliginosa (L.): 1 female, 6.vi.94, 25.vi.94, 1994, Bishopton, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire (JMP). Previously recorded from Pterophoridae whose larvae overwinter (unlike those of E. monodactyla). E. monodactyla is a new host record; P. fuliginosa is considered an unlikely host.
Medina collaris (Fallén). Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson) (Col.: Chrysomelidae): 1 male, adult, vii.92, viii.92, 29.ix.92, Matlock Moor, Derbyshire (GJM/FH); 1 male, adult, vii.92, v.93, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (THF).
Medina separata (Meigen). Calvia quatuordecimguttata (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae): 1 female, adult, 11.iv.94, 12.v.94, 25.v.94, Parklands Walk, near Miltons, London (DH); Adalia decempunctata (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae): 1 female, adult, 17.vii.95, 18.vii.95, ca 8.viii.95, Old Kingsbury Colliery, Warwickshire (BM). Hawkins (1998) has recently recorded M. separata from C. quattuordecimguttata, at that time a new host record.
Vibrissina turrita (Meigen). Arge shawi Liston (Hym.: Argidae) on Rosa: several (solitary), ex prepupae, 31.v.89, pupation in host cocoon, 1989, FRANCE [8km N. of Frejus, Var] (THF). Recorded from several Arge spp. and from Tenthredinidae, but this is the first record from A. shawi.
Eryciini
Alsomyia ?olfaciens (Pandelle). Zygaena carniolica (Scopoli): 1 male, ex prepupa, em. vii.1991, TURKEY [Ankara] (WGT). The specimen differs slightly from typical olfaciens: third antennal segment narrower and shorter, scutellum reddish apically (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Aplomya confinis (Fallén). Colias sp.: 1 male., ex larva, 13.vii.97, 14.vii.97, 22.vii.97, FRANCE [Barjols, Var] (MRS); Aricia sp. on Helianthemum: 1 male, ex larva, 10.vii.97, 14.vii.97, 23.vii.97, FRANCE [St Maximin, Var] (MRS). Commonly reared from Lycaenidae, but this is the first record from Colias sp. The specimen has a very short body length suggesting that this is not a suitable host (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Bactromyia aurulenta (Meigen). Drepana cultraria (Fabricius) on Ulmus: 1 male, ex larva, 24.ix.94, vi.95, High Elms, Kent (IDF); Abraxas pantaria (L.): 1 female, ex pupa, 22.x.97, 24.x.97, 12.xii.97, SPAIN [Garrapinolas, Zaragoza] (GEK); Pseudoips prasinana (L.) on Fagus: brood of 4 (1 male, 1 female emerged), ex larva, 24.vii.96, 18.viii.96, 1.ix.96, FRANCE [Fayl-Billot, Haute-Marne] (MRS); Scoliopteryx libatrix (L.) on Salix caprea: brood of 5 (3 males, 1 female emerged), ex larva, 5.viii.90, 21.viii.90, FRANCE [Limouzine, Vienne] (MRS); brood of 2 males 3 females, ex pupa, 24.viii.93, 1.ix.93, 11.ix.93, Silwood Park, Berkshire (JLY).
Buquetia musca Robineau-Desvoidy. Papilio machaon L: brood of 6 (4 males, 1 female emerged), vii.91,viii.91, FRANCE [Brianēon] (MRS); brood of 7 (4 males, 1 female emerged), ex larva, 14.vii.94, 19.vii.94, 3.viii.94, ITALY [Amalfi] (PS). There are eleven previous records from P. machaon.
Cadurciella tritaeniata (Rondani). Callophrys rubi (L.) on Erica tetralix: 2 females, ex pupae, 4.vii.92, 1-5.v.93, 16-18.vi.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); on Ulex gallii: 1 female, ex pupa, 1.viii.93, 1994, Dorchester, Dorset (IC).
Carcelia bombylans Robineau-Desvoidy. Spilosoma luteum (Hufnagel): 2 examples and brood of 2, ex larvae, 20-30.vii.93, 30.vii-6.viii.93, (puparia all dead, 2 males dissected out and examined), FRANCE [St Jean du Gard, Gard] (MRS).
Carcelia dubia (Brauer & Bergenstamm). Indet. lepidopteran: 1 male, ex larva, 10.vi.90, YUGOSLAVIA, [Konecka] (PJCR).
Carcelia gnava (Meigen). Malacosoma neustria (L.): 7 males, ex larvae, vi.92 , and 2 males, ex larvae, 1997, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); 1 male, ex larva, 1971, Ham Street, Kent (DO'K/JMC-H); 1 male, ex ?prepupa, 18.vi.80, 1.vii.80, 16.vii.80, Sheffield Bottom, Berkshire (BTP); Dasychira pudibunda (L.): 1 male, ex prepupa, 4.ix.92, ix.92, Falmouth, Cornwall (THF).
Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve. Malacosoma alpicolum (Staudinger): 1 female, ex prepupa, 19.vii.97, 20.v.98, FRANCE [Col du Galibier, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS). New host record. Most records are from more or less hairy caterpillars, especially Lasiocampidae and Lymantriidae.
Carcelia lucorum (Meigen). Malacosoma neustria (L.) on Prunus: 1 female, ex prepupa, 24.iv.86, 11.vii.86, 25.vii.86, Hurst, Berkshire (BTP); Arctia caja (L.): 2 broods of 3-4, ex prepupae, em. end xii.93 (reared indoors), Close House Slopes, Durham (HA); several broods (2 males, 3 females examined), ex prepupae, 1990, vi-vii.90, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (JHP); brood of 3, ex prepupa, vi.92, Newcastleton, Roxburghshire (HMcH); brood of 3 males 3 females, ex prepupa, 9.v.87, 30.v.87, ca 6.vii.87, Tentsmuir, Fife (MRS); 1 male, ex larva, em. 4.vii.87, Southport, Lancashire (KCG); 3 males, 3 females, iv.48, 22-27.v.48, Crowcombe, Somerset (ECP-C); Arctia villica (L.): brood of 6 (2 females emerged), iv.86, 14.v.86, Dawlish Warren, Devon (HF/MH); Diaphora mendica (Clerck): brood of 7, ex prepupa, 1993, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); Phragmatobia fuliginosa (L.): 2 males, 1 female, ex prepupae, em. 27.iv.95, Turner Fold, Lancashire (SMP); brood of 4 (1 male emerged v.92), Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); brood of 3 females, ex prepupa, 11.iv.97, 13.iv.97, 4.v.97, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (THF); 1 male, ex prepupa, 14.ii.97, 7.iii.97, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (BS); Callimorpha dominula (L.): brood of 4 (3 females examined), 3-4.vii.93, Hinksey, Oxfordshire (DG); 13 examples from 3 hosts, ex prepupae, 27.vi.93, 2.vii.93, Cothill, Oxfordshire (DOF). D. mendica is a new host record.
Catagonia aberrans (Rondani). Thyris fenestrella (Scopoli) on Clematis: 3 males, 5 females, ex pupae, 15.vii.93, 16.viii-20.ix.93, and 6 males, 5 females, ex pupae, 15.vii.93, 7-29.vi.94, FRANCE [Bédoin, Vaucluse] (MRS). These are the first reliable records for this species, the two previous records, from Eucosma lugubrana Treitschke and Monophadnus spinolae Klug (Hym.: Tenthredinidae), being regarded as doubtful (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Chetina setigena (Rondani). Polyommatus ?icarus (Rottemburg) on Melilotus: 1 male., ex prepupa, 10-15.vii.91, p.l.e. ca 25.vii.91, FRANCE, [Bédoin, Vaucluse] (MRS). There are only two previous rearing records (from Ematurga atomaria (L) and Athroolopha chrysitaria (Geyer)) and both are regarded as questionable (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Drino vicina (Zetterstedt). Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas) on Epilobium hirsutum: brood of 1 male 1 female, 19.vii.96, 27.vii.96, 24.vi.97-vii.97, FRANCE [Darbres, Ardčche] (MRS). The male emerged on 24.vi.97 but did not expand its wings until 26.vi.97.
Erycia festinans (Meigen). Melitaea cinxia (L.): 2 females, ex pupae, 29.vii.90, vii.90, 10.ix.90, FRANCE [Lac du Castilgaillard, Lot-et-Garonne] (MRS); 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, em. 12-13.v.96, Greece [Evros, 25km north of Loutros] (PJCR). [correct at :- ‘Greece’ to ‘GREECE’]
Erycia furibunda (Zetterstedt). Euphydryas desfontaini (Godart): 1 male, ex pupa, 9.v.94, 4.vii.94, N. SPAIN (RJW); Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg): 1 female, ex pupa, collected as small larva, 11.viii.95, 2.v.96, 19.vi.96, ITALY, [Mt. Subasio, Umbria] (MRS). E. desfontaini is a new host record. The pre-hibernation collection date of E. aurinia shows how this parasitoid's life cycle is organised.
Lydella grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy. Luperina nickerlii (Freyer): 1 female, ex larva, 16.vii.91, West Cornwall (JLG). The determination was confirmed by Dr. Tschorsnig.
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Lydella stabulans (Meigen). Nonagria typhae (Thuneberg): 1 male, ex larva, em. 29.vii.75, Matlock, Derbyshire (FH).]
Nilea hortulana (Meigen). Acronicta psi (L.): brood of 3, ex larva, 1.ix.92, 16.ix.92, 2-8.vii.93, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); brood of 4 (1 male, 1 female emerged), ex larva, 1995, 1996, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); brood of 1 male 4 females, ex larva, 1997, North Staffordshire (LM); 1 example, ex larva, viii.62, 26.xi.62, West Wickham, Kent (JMC-H).
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Phryxe erythrostoma (Hartig). Hyloicus pinastri (L.): brood of 12 (4 males, 7 females examined), ex pupa, viii.97, 2-5.vi.98, vii.98, Thetford Forest, Norfolk (GMH/RL). This is the first British record of this gregarious, specific parasitoid of H. pinastri, but the host larvae are seldom collected so there is no reason to suppose that it is a recent introduction. The determination was confirmed by Dr Tschorsnig.]
Phryxe caudata (Rondani). Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller): 3 males, 4 females, ex larvae, 10.i.95, 12.i.95, 15.ii.95, PORTUGAL [Faro, Algarve] (THF). There are numerous continental records from this host.
Phryxe heraclei (Meigen). Lasiocampa quercus (L.): 1 male, ex larva, 6.ix.92, iii.93, v.93, Bissoe, Cornwall (THF); Philudoria potatoria (L.): 1 example, ex larva, em. vii.82, Par, Cornwall (JLG). The vast majority of records are from P. potatoria.
Phryxe magnicornis (Zetterstedt). Zygaena filipendulae (L.): 1 female, ex prepupa or pupa, em. 12.vii.96, Looe Island, Cornwall (WGT); 1 male, 2 females, ex larvae, 17.vi.97, Church Cove, Mullion, Cornwall (WGT); Zygaena ?filipendulae, brood of 1 male 2 females, ex prepupa, 20.vii.97, 23-26.vii.97, 4.viii.97, FRANCE [Col du Lautaret, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS); Zygaena trifolii (Esper): 5 males, 4 females, ex larvae, or prepupae, em. viii.91, Common Moor NR, Newquay, Cornwall (WGT); 1 male, ex pupa, p.l.e. 30.vi.97, Bridestowe, Devon (WGT); Zygaena lonicerae (Scheven): 2 males, ex prepupae or pupae, 25.vii.96, viii.96, SWEDEN [Utö, Sodermanland] (CE); Zygaena transalpina (Esper): 1 male, ex larva, 18.v.96, 25.v.96, 11.vi.96, FRANCE [St Alvčre, Dordogne] (MRS); Zygaena sp.: 1 female, ex larva, em. 18.vii.91, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire (SMP); 1 male, ex larva, 8.vii.93, 15.vii.93, Close House Slopes, Durham (HA); 1 female, cocoon, 17.vii.97, 26.vii.97, 4.viii.97, FRANCE [Col de Vars, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS); Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer) on Arrhenotherum: 2 males, 2 females, ex larvae, 28.vi.97, vii.97, Caston, Norfolk (GMH); Pieris rapae (L.): 1 male, ex pupa, em. 12.vii.97, East Wittering, West Sussex (PJCR); Quercusia quercus (L.): 10 examples (1 male, 1 female emerged), ex larvae, vi.93, vi.93, Thompson Common, Norfolk (GMH); Operophtera brumata (L.) on Myrica: 5 males, 3 females, 8.vi.92, vii.92, viii.92, Loch Linnhe, Argyll (THF); Ematurga atomaria (L.) on Myrica: 1 male, 1 female, ex pupae, 4.vii.92, iv.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); 1 male, ex pupa, 22.vii.92, 3.viii.93, Meathop Moss NR, Cumbria (MRS); Chesias sp. on Sarothamnus: 1 male, ex larva, 27.vii.93, 10.viii.93, 29.viii.93 FRANCE [Chambon, Puy-de-Dōme] (MRS); Odezia atrata (L.): 1 male, 2 females, ex larvae, 5.vi.97, 22-23.vi.97, vii.97, Coombsdale, Derbyshire (BS); Lycia lapponaria (Boisduval) on Myrica: brood of 3 (1 male, 1 female examined), vi.89, viii.89, Lochan Daimh (SMH); Erannis defoliaria (Clerck): brood of 2 males, ex larva, 29.v.93, 5.vi.93, 27.vi.93, and brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larva, 10.vi.93, 13.vi.93, 3.vii.93, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); Abrostola triplasia (L.): brood of 3 females, ex larva, 20.vii.92, 8.viii.92, ix.92, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF). Z. transalpina, O. atrata, L. lapponaria and A. triplasia are new host records for this polyphagous parasitoid of exposed macrolepidoptera.
Phryxe nemea (Meigen). Zygaena loti (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 male, ex larva, 18.vi.95, vi.95, 12.vii.95, Tiroran, Isle of Mull (DAB/RL); Euchloe ausonia (Hübner): 1 example, ex larva, 20.vii.97, viii.97, 19.viii.97, FRANCE [Col du Lautaret 2000m, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS); Quercusia quercus (L.): 1 female, ex larva, 6.vi.98, Thetford, Norfolk (GN); Strymonidia w-album (Knoch): 1 female, ex larva, v.93, vi.93, Hockham, Norfolk (GMH); 4 examples, ex pupae, 1997, Thetford, Norfolk (GN); Aglais urticae (L.): 1 female, ex pupa, 15.viii.97, 21.viii.97, 28.viii.97, Monk Sherborne, Hampshire (WG); Pararge aegeria (L.): 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, iii.89, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (MCW); ? Habrosyne pyritoides (Hufnagel): brood of 1 male 1 female, ex prepupa, 4.ix.92, 25-26.ix.92, Church Gresley, Derbyshire (DB); ); indet. geometrid: 2 females, 3.vi.95, vi.95, FRANCE[St Sever, Calvados] (THF); Epirrita dilutata (Denis & Schiffermüller): brood of 2 females, ex pupa, 29.v.93, 12.vi.93, 4.vii.93, Budby, Nottinghamshire (THF); Operophtera brumata (L.): 1 female, ex larva or prepupa, 22.v.93, 29.v.93, 20.vi.93, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); Agriopis leucophaearia (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 female, ex larva, 2.vi.93, 10.vi.93, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); Spilosoma lubricipeda (L.), semi-captive: 1 female, ex larva, 1997, Portslade, West Sussex (ARC); Melanchra persicariae (L.) on Pteridium: 1 female, 4.ix.94, ca v.95, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (THF); Orthosia stabilis (Denis & Schiffermüller): brood of 2 females, 1.vii.95, 8.vii.95, 21.vii.95, Loch Arkaig, Argyll (THF); Phlogophora meticulosa (L.): brood of 4 males 3 females, and brood of 5 males 3 females, ex larvae, 20.vii.92, ca 14.viii.92, ix.92, Moss Valley, Derbyshire (THF); brood of 10 (2 males, 1 female examined), ex larva, 2.ix.93, 10.x.93, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (THF); plusiine noctuid; 1 example, ex pupa, ix.97, x.97, Tangmere, Sussex (PJCR). Z. loti, E. ausonia and A. leucophaearia are new host records for this highly polyphagous parasitoid of exposed lepidoptera.
Phryxe prima (Brauer & Bergenstamm). Zygaena carniolica (Scopoli): 3 males, 1 female, ex prepupae or pupae, em. vii.1991, TURKEY [Atatürk Orman 1050m, Ankara] (WGT); Zygaena cuvieri Boisduval: 3 males, ex prepupae, em. vi.1989, TURKEY [Adana] (WGT); ? Heterogynis sp.: 1 male, ex larva, em. 4.vii.90, SPAIN [Madrid] (JG). Z. cuvieri is a new host record.
Phryxe unicolor (Villeneuve). Abraxas pantaria (L.) on Fraxinus: 1 female, ex pupa, x.96, 27.v.97, PORTUGAL [Santo Andre, Sines, Setubal] (CWP). Dr. Tschorsnig writes " P. unicolor is an interesting record. This rare species was known before only from southern France; its hosts were unknown. However, a few months ago I received material for identification from Spain (prov. Barcelona) which was also reared from A. pantaria during the year 1997."
Phryxe vulgaris (Fallén). Zygaena fausta (L.): 1 male, 1 female, em. 1989, PORTUGAL [Baixa Alentejo] (WGT); Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg): 1 male, ex larva, coll. and em. 1997, Dungy Head, Lulworth, Dorset (NADB/BGd); Pieris rapae (L.): 1 male, ex pupa, 1996, 1997, Portslade , Sussex (ARC); Anthocharis cardamines (L.): 2 males, ex pupae, em. 15-20.vii.93, Chelmsford, Essex (KU); 1 male, ex pupa, 1993, end iv.94, Bartley, Hampshire (JG); Lycaena phlaeas (L.): 1 female, ex pupa, ix.92, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (RR); Lycaena dispar (L.), semi-captive colony of ssp. batavus (Oberthür) on Rumex obtusifolius: 2 males, 2 females, ex larvae, em. ix.95, and 2 broods each of 2 females, 12.v.96, 10.vii.96, Woodwalton Fen, Huntingdonshire (LM); Aglais urticae (L.): brood of 2 females, ex larva, 30.vii.92, viii.92, and brood of 1 male 1 female, vii.92, ix.92, 22-25.ix.92, Treeton, South Yorkshire (THF); Pseudoterpna pruinata (Hufnagel) on Ulex gallii: 3 females, ex larva and pupae, 22-23.v.97, 1.vi.97, 18-19.vi.97, Fedw Fawr, Anglesey (MRS); Lycia hirtaria Clerck: 1 male, 1 female, ex larva, vi.91, iv.92, v.92, FRANCE, [8km. N. of Frejus, Var] (THF); Odezia atrata (L.): 1 male, 1 female, vi.97, vii.97, Coombsdale, Derbyshire (BS); Hecatera dysodea (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Lactuca: brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larva, and 1 male, ex pupa, p.l.e. ix.98, em. 4-8.x.98, Gravesend, Kent (RH); brood of 1 male 1 female, 28.viii.98, ix.98, x.98, Gravesend/Swanscombe, Kent (RH); Calophasia lunula (Hufnagel): 1 female, ex larva, 1973, Dungeness, Kent (DO'K/JMC-H). Z. fausta, L. dispar batavus and H. dysodea are new host records for this very polyphagous parasitoid of exposed lepidoptera.
Pseudoperichaeta nigrolineata (Stephens in Walker). Choreutis nemorana (Hübner): 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, S. FRANCE (JLG); ? tortricid in Quercus leaf roll: 1 male, ex pupa, 5.vi.83, 1.vii.83, Hampstead Heath, London (RAS); Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner) or Archips podana (Scopoli): 2 males, ex pupae, em. 6.vi.94, Folkestone, Kent (MT); Eurrhypara hortulata (L.) collected as cocoon under bark of Acer pseudoplatanus: 1 male, ex prepupa., 19.i.94, 17.ii.94, London (DH); microlepidopteran, perhaps Eurrhypara hortulata (L.) on Urtica: 1 female, ex prepupa, 6.viii.83, 24.viii.83, Hampstead Heath, London (RAS); Udea lutealis (Hübner): 1 example, ex larva, 9.vii.67, vii.67, Perwick Bay, Port St Mary, Isle of Man (JMC-H); Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 male, 1 female, ex larvae, em. 1993, Seward Stonebury, Essex (MSP); indet. tortricid in Colutea pods: 1 example, ex larva, 9.vii.97, 27.vii.97, FRANCE [Nans les Pins, Var] (MRS). C. nemorana, U. lutealis, and C. rhododactyla are new host records for this rather polyphagous parasitoid of medium to large sized microlepidoptera.
Pseudoperichaeta palesoidea (Robineau-Desvoidy). Indet. microlepidopteran in rolled leaf of Centaurea: 1 female, ex pupa, 19.vii.97, 24.vii.97, 6.viii.97, FRANCE [Col du Galibier, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS). There are records from Oecophoridae and Tortricidae.
Senometopia susurrans (Robineau-Desvoidy). Semiothisa clathrata (L.): 1 male, 3 females, puparia in host pupae, 22.vii.93, 3-13.ix.93, FRANCE [Limogne, Lot] (MRS). This is the first reliable host record for this species (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Tlephusa cincinna (Rondani). Mesoacidalia aglaja (L.): 1 male, ex pupa, vi.96, FINLAND [Lapinjarvi] (AK/JP). This is probably the first reliable rearing record for this species as the previous records from Hyloicus pinastri (L.) are considered doubtful (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Townsend). Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.): 4 males, 2 females, ex larvae, 1991, 1 female, 1993, Portslade, Sussex (ARC). This specialist parasitoid of E. chrysorrhoea is probably more widespread along the south coast of England than previously thought.
Exoristini
Exorista fasciata (Fallén). Zygaena filipendulae (L.): 1 male, ex prepupa, em. 1.vii.97, Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland (WGT&SMT); Zygaena sp.: 1 male, ex cocoon, em. vii.93, Shrewton Folly, Wiltshire (SMP); indet. Lithosiinae: 1 male, ex larva, em. vi.93, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (SMP). First rearing record of this species from Lithosiinae. See also corrections to Ford & Shaw (1991) at the end of this paper.
Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus). Calophasia lunula (Hufnagel) on Linaria: 1 female, ex larva, 4.vii.91, 19.ii.92, GERMANY [Baden-Württemberg] (JFB); indet lepidopteran on Salix: brood of 2 females, ex pupa, vi.84, 1984, FRANCE [Ille d’Olonne, Vendée] (NH). C. lunula is a new host record.
Exorista segregata (Rondani). Zygaena fausta (L.): 3 examples, ex prepupae or pupae, em. 20.iv-13.v.1989, PORTUGAL [Baixa Alentejo] (WGT). This is a new host record; the parasitoid is also known from 7 other Zygaena species.
Goniini
Cyzenis albicans (Fallén). Ypsolopha vitella (L.): 1 male, ex larva, 10.vi.89, iv.90, Edinburgh (MRS); Operophtera brumata (L.): 9 puparia in 9 pupae, 27.v.95, unemerged, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, (MRS); 15 examples (1 male, 1 female emerged), v. 95, Bonar Bridge, Sutherland (JK); on Prunus: 3 examples, ex pupae, 4.vi.94, 21-30.iv.95, Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire (MRS).
Eumea linearicornis (Zetterstedt). ? Archips podana (Scopoli): 1 male, ex larva, 5.vii.86, viii.86, Cornwall (JLG); Aphelia paleana (Hübner): 1 example, ex pupa, 26.vii.75, Sugar Loaf Hill, Folkestone, Kent (JMC-H); indet. lepidopteran: 1 female, ex larva, vi.92, 1996, Portslade, Sussex (ARC).
Masicera pavoniae (Robineau-Desvoidy). Saturnia pavonia (L.): 18 puparia seen, part broods from 25 affected larvae, vi.33, FRANCE [Dordogne] (KJS).
Masicera sphingivora (Robineau-Desvoidy). Hyles euphorbiae (L.) on Euphorbia characias: 3 males, 9 females from 2 pupae, 15.xi.96, iv.97, FRANCE [Plateau de Vernegues, Bouches-du-Rhōne] (DC); Hyles centralasiae (Staudinger), semi-captive colony of ssp. siehei (Püngeler): 1 female, ex pupa, 1987, iii.98, AUSTRIA [Sollenau] (AP). H. centralasiae is a new host record.
Ocytata pallipes (Fallén). Forficula auricularia (L.) (Dermaptera: Forficulidae): 1 female, adult, 11.ix.92, 13.ix.92, 15.xi.92, Burrington Coombe, Somerset (THF).
Pales pavida (Meigen). Zygaena filipendulae (L.): 3 examples, ex prepupae, Jacob’s Well, Surrey (WGT); 1 male, ex larva, em. 23.vi.95, St Michael's Mount, Cornwall (WGT); 1 female, ex prepupa, 17.vi.97, Mullion Cove, Cornwall (WGT); Zygaena lonicerae (Scheven): 1 male, ex prepupa, 15.vii.97, 29.vii.97, Sheffield, Yorkshire (THF); 1 male, ex prepupa, em. vi.1997, Wirksworth, Derbyshire (BS); Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner): 1 example, ex larva, vii.65, Camberwell, London, (AME/JMC-H); Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg): 1 male, coll. and em. 1997, Dungy Head, Lulworth, Dorset (NADB/BGd); Colias croceus (Geoffroy): 1 male, 2 females, ex larvae, em. 5-12.xii.96, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (MCW); Lycaena dispar (L.), semi-captive colony of ssp. batavus (Oberthür): 1 male, 1 female, and a brood of 1 male 1 female, ex larvae, 1997, Woodwalton Fen, Huntingdonshire (LM); Aglais urticae (L.): brood of 2 (1 male emerged), ex pupa, 16.vii.97, 20.vii.97, 6.viii.97, Sheffield, Yorkshire (THF); Coenonympha tullia (Müller): 1 male, ex 5th. instar larva, 1.v.97, 13.v.97, 31.v.97, Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire (MCW); Malacosoma neustria (L.): 2 males, em. vi.92, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); Lycia lapponaria (Boisduval) on Myrica: 2 females, 4.vii.92, vii-viii.92, 14.viii-ix.92, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.): 1 male, em. vi.92, 1 male, ex larva, 1996, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); 2 males, 1 female, 5.vi.95, 17.vi.95, London (GK); Spilosoma lubricipeda (L.), semi-captive: 1 male, ex larva, 1997, Portslade, West Sussex (ARC); Xestia sp.: 6 examples, ex larvae, 4.xi-15.xii.93, 27.xii.93-10.i.94, 7-24.i.94, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland (HA); Orthosia miniosa (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Quercus mas: 1 male, ex larva, 18.v.96, 9.vi.96, 28.vi.96, FRANCE [St. Alvčre, Dordogne] (MRS); Orthosia gracilis (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Myrica: 6 males, 1 female, ex larvae, 4.vii.92, vii.92, viii.92, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); Orthosia stabilis (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Quercus: 1 female, ex larva, 1.vii.95, 13.vii.95, 26.vii.95, Loch Arkaig, Argyll (THF); ? Orthosia gothica (L.): 1 male, ex larva, 5.vii.86, viii.86, Cornwall (JLG); Mythimna sp.: 1 example, ex larva, 3.iv.95, 8.iv.95, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (THF); Calophasia lunula (L.): 1 male,1973, Dungeness, Kent (DO'K/JMC-H); Xylena vetusta (Hübner): 1 male, p.l.e. vii.92, em. 11.viii.92, Resipole, Argyll (MRS); Spodoptera cilium (Guenée), captive: 1 male, ex larva, v.93, 1993, Caxton, Norfolk (GMH); plusiine larva on Medicago: 1 female (very small), 27.vii.96, x.96, Cothill, Oxfordshire (ARC). C. pronubana, T. acteon, C. croceus, L. dispar, C. tullia, L. lapponaria and S. cilium, are new host records and, as far as we can ascertain, the rearing from C. tullia is the first record of a tachinid reared from this species (which is seldom collected as a larva).
Phryno vetula (Meigen). Orthosia miniosa (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Quercus mas: l male, ex pupa, 18.v.96, 19.iii.97, FRANCE [St Alvčre, Dordogne] (MRS).
Sturmia bella (Meigen). Vanessa atalanta (L.) on Parietaria: 1 male, ex pupa, 20.vii.93, viii.93, 25.viii.93, FRANCE [St Jean du Gard, Gard] (MRS); Aglais urticae (L.): 1 male, ex larva, vii.94, 17.vii.94, vii-viii.94, FRANCE [Manche] (GEK). [add at proof:- ; Inachis io (L.): 1 male (determination confirmed by Dr Tschorsnig), ex pupa, 6.vii.98, vii.98, 26.vii.98, Bartley, Southampton, Hampshire (JG). The rearing from I. io is the first British record for S. bella, which is a common parasitoid of Nymphalidae on the European mainland. As several of these are among the most commonly reared Lepidoptera, it seems probable that S. bella is a recent arrival in Britain, possibly released following the importation of caterpillars from abroad.]
Winthemiini
Nemorilla floralis (Fallén). Eurrhypara hortulata (L.) on Urtica: 1 female, ex larva, 1979, iv.80, 15.v.80, Hampstead Heath, London (RAS); Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli): 1 male, ex pupa, 16.vi.93, 23.vi.93, 6.vii.93, South Yorkshire (THF); brood of 3, ex pupa, vii.93, vii.93, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF); brood of 1 male 1 female, ex pupa, 16.vi.93, 3-4.vii.93, and 1 male, ex prepupa, 29.v.93, 5.vi.93, 28.vi.93, Treeton, South Yorkshire (THF); Autographa gamma (L.): 1 male, 1 female, ex pupae, em. 8.ix.72, Catcliffe,South Yorkshire (THF); on Symphytum: 1 male, 1 female, ex pupae, 1.v.95, v.95, vi.95, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF).
Smidtia conspersa (Meigen). Alsophila aescularia (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Betula: 1 male, ex pupa, 11.vi.94, 21.iv.95, Silwood Park, Berkshire (MRS); Epirrita sp. on Corylus: 1 male, ex pupa, 13.v.90, 24.iv.91, Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire (MRS); on Crataegus: 1 male, ex larva, 27.v.89, 9.iv.90, Witherslack, Cumbria (MRS).
Winthemia quadripustulata (Fabricius). Aphelia paleana (Hübner) on Tussilago: 1 male, ex larva, 7.vi.80, 4.vii.80, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh (MRS); Cucullia scrophulariae (Denis & Schiffermüller): brood of 7, ex larva, em. 2-4.viii.92, SPAIN [Navarra] (BG); Cucullia verbasci (L.) on Verbascum: 5 males, 7 females, and 12 males, 13 females in broods of 5-12 from several hosts, ex larvae, 17.vii.93, viii-ix.93, FRANCE [Chambon, Puy-de-Dōme] (MRS). A. paleana is a new host record.
TACHININAE
Ernestiini
Ernestia rudis (Fallén). Xylena vetusta (Hübner): 1 male, ex larva, 4.vii.92, vii.92, 27.iv.93, Resipole, Argyll (MRS). On the continent this is the most important parasitoid of Panolis flammea (Denis & Schiffermüller), with numerous records. This is the first record from X. vetusta.
Ernestia vagans (Meigen). Achlya flavicornis (L.) on Betula: 1 male, ex prepupa, 30.vi.82, p.l.e. ca viii.82, dissected from puparium, Muir of Dinnet NNR, Aberdeenshire (MRS).
Eurithia anthophila (Robineau-Desvoidy). Spilosoma luteum (Hufnagel): 2 puparia, ex prepupae, 5.ix.82, p.l.e. ix.82, unemerged, Beech Hill, Berkshire (BTP).
Eurithia caesia (Fallén). Hadena sp. in pod of Silene vulgaris: 1 male, ex larva, 27.vii.93, 3.viii.93, 29.iv.94, FRANCE [Chambon, Puy-de-Dōme] (MRS). Mostly recorded from Hadena spp.
Graphogastrini
Graphogaster brunnescens Villeneuve. ? Teleiodes proximella (Hübner) on Betula: 3 males, ex larvae, ix.84, Leac Gorm, Ballater, Aberdeenshire (MRY). This appears to be the first rearing record for Britain and, if the host is correct, it is also a new host record, although it has been reared in Europe from Teleiodes notatella (Hübner) and other arboreal microlepidoptera.
Phytomyptera cingulata (Robineau-Desvoidy). Nemopogon cloacella (Haworth) on fungus on Quercus: 1 male, ex larva, 7.ii.87, vi.87, Leaderfoot, Roxburghshire (KPB).
Phytomyptera nigrina (Meigen). Gypsonoma minutata (Hübner) on Populus tremula: 1 female, ex larva, collected 12.vii.98, noted 1.viii.98, SPAIN [Juslibol, Zaragoza] (GEK); Adaina microdactyla (Hübner) in Eupatorium stem: 1 female, 29.iv.79, 24.v.79, Catfield, Norfolk (MRS); indet. microlepidopteran on Betula pubescens: 1 male, ex larva, 27.vi.94, em. 1994, Botley Wood, Hampshire (JRL).
Linnaemyini
Lypha dubia (Fallén). Tortrix viridana (L.): 2 males, 3 females, ex prepupae, 10.v.93, vii.93, 6-12.iv.94, Budby, Nottinghamshire (THF); 1 male, 29.v.93, vi.93, 19.iv.94, Nottinghamshire (THF); Operophtera brumata (L.): 1 example, ex prepupa, 13.v.90, v-vi.90, 1991, 1 male, ex prepupa, 4.vi.94, 8.vi.94, 21.iv.95, 1 female, ex prepupa, 4.vi.94, 30.v.95, Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire (MRS); 22 examples, ex prepupae, 27.v.95, 1996, Edinburgh (MRS); 16 puparia, 27.v.95, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh (MRS); 3 puparia (2 males emerged), v.95 Bonar Bridge, Sutherland (JK); on Crataegus: 1 male, 27.v.90, 11.iv.91, Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire (MRS).
Macquartiini
Anthomyiopsis plagioderae Mesnil. Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting) (Col.: Chrysomelidae): 4 examples, adults, em. vii.97, Kew, London (DH). A. plagioderae is here recorded from Britain for the first time. There are ten previous continental records from this host and one from the chrysomelid Phyllodecta vitellinae (L.).
Nemoraeini
Nemoraea pellucida (Meigen). Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper): 3 males, 1 female, ex pupae, coll. and em. 1988, N.W.YUGOSLAVIA (JLG). New host record.
Pelatachinini
Pelatachina tibialis (Fallén). Vanessa atalanta (L.): 2 puparia, p.l.e. 26.vi.96, unemerged, St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (AS); Aglais urticae (L.): 15 examples, ex larvae, 29.vi.92, 1993, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (JHP); 8 examples ex 6 hosts (1 male examined), ex larvae, 18.vi.96, 27.vi.96, 15.iv.97, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (PT); 10 examples (1 male emerged), ex larvae, 2.vii.95, 5.vii.95, vi.96, Ardgour, Argyll (THF); Inachis io (L.): 3 males, 3 females, ex larvae, 7.vii.73, ca 20.vii.73, iv.74, Stroud, Gloucestershire (MRS); 1 example, ex larva, (unknown dates), Redditch, Worcestershire (JM); 1 male, ex larva, 12.vii.93, 25.vii.93, viii.93, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF); 1 female, ex larva, 25.vii.96, 1.viii.96, em. 1997, Thorpe Wood, Co. Durham (HAE).
Siphonini
Actia crassicornis (Meigen). Agonopterix nervosa (Haworth) (det. J.R.Langmaid) on Ulex:1 male, 5 females, ex prepupae, 12.v.97, vi.97, vii.97, Strontian, Argyll (THF); 3 males, 3 females, ex prepupae, 17.vi.98, vi.98, vii.98, Ardgour, Argyll (THF).
Actia lamia (Meigen). Indet. microlepidopteran in dead stem of Cirsium arvense: 1 male, ex larva, 2.ii.97, 23.vi.97, Yellowcraigs, East Lothian (MRS). Reliable records only from Tortricidae.
Actia pilipennis (Fallén). Caloptilia syringella (Fabricius) on Syringa: 1 female, ex prepupa,16.vii.98, 23.vii.98, 1.viii.98, Sheffield, Yorkshire (THF); Cnephasia sp. on Urtica: 1 male, ex larva, puparium collected 22.vii.93, 3.viii.93, FRANCE [Limogne, Lot] (MRS); Xerocnephasia rigana (Sodoffsky) on low Clematis: 8 males, 9 females, ex larvae, 15.vii.93, vii-viii.93, FRANCE [Bédoin, Vaucluse] (MRS); Acleris hastiana (L.) on Salix salvifolia: 2 females, 11.iv.94, 8-11.v.94, PORTUGAL [Bordeira] (MFVC); indet. tortricid on Myrica: 1 male, ex larva, 1.ix.89, ix.89, 25.x.89, Aberfoyle, Perthshire (MRS); 1 male, 19.vi.88, 5.vii.88, Loch Tulla, Argyll (RPK-J); indet. larva on Salix: 1 male, 19.vii.86, 9.viii.86, West Cornwall (JLG); indet. microlepidopteran on Rosa: 1 female, ex larva or prepupa, 1997, Staffordshire (LM). C. syringella, X. rigana and A. hastiana are new host records.
Actia resinellae (Schrank). Cydia coniferana (Ratzeburg): 1 example, 18.iv.71, 10.v.71, Oakham Common, Surrey (JMC-H). New host record.
Ceromya bicolor (Meigen). Eriogaster lanestris (L.) on Betula: 2 females, ex larvae, 29.vii.91, FRANCE [Col du Lautaret, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS); Lasiocampa quercus (L.): brood of 22 (2 males, 2 females emerged), ex larva, 30.vii.92, 3.viii.92, iv-v.93, and brood of 21 (1 male emerged), ex larva, p.l.e. 24.vii.94, em. 20.v-11.vi.95, Loch Eriboll, Sutherland (MRS); 37 puparia (1 female emerged), ex larva, 23.vi.97, 30.vi.97, Shorne, Kent (MJ); 35 puparia (6 emerged), 1994, Portslade, Sussex (ARC); brood of 18 (1 male, 2 females emerged), p.l.e. 15.vii.92, em. viii.92, Burrival, North Uist (KPB); brood of 63 (5 received), ex larva, 29.vii.88, p.l.e. 31.vii.88, eclosion not observed, Gleniffer Braes Country Park, Renfrewshire (MAH).
Goniocera versicolor (Fallén). Malacosoma neustria (L.): 1 female, ex larva, 1997, Portslade, Sussex (ARC).
Peribaea apicalis Robineau-Desvoidy. Semiothisa clathrata (L.): 3 males, ex larvae, 22.vii.93, 30.vii-2.viii.93, 8.vii-20.viii.93, FRANCE [Limogne, Lot] (MRS); ? Semiothisa clathrata (L.): 1 female, ex larva, 19.vii.96, 8.viii.96, FRANCE [Darbres, Ardčche] (MRS). New host record.
Peribaea setinervis (Thomson). Agriopis or Erannis sp.: 1 female, 7.v.90, v.90, 18.vi.90, Thompson Common, Norfolk (GMH).
Peribaea tibialis (Robineau-Desvoidy). Indet. satyrid: 1 female, ex larva, 2.viii.90, 30.viii.90, FRANCE [Vers, Lot] (MRS); ? Noctua interjecta (Hübner): brood of 6 males 2 females, ex larva, 15.v.96, 1.vi.96, ca 15.vi.96, FRANCE [Bernac, Lot-et-Garonne] (MRS); Mythimna sp.: 1 female., ex larva, 25.vii.93, 29.viii.93, FRANCE [Riberac, Dordogne] (MRS); Ammoconia caecimacula: (Denis & Schiffermüller): 1 male, 2 females, ex larvae, 18.v.96, 1.vi.96, 17.vi.96 FRANCE [St Alvčre, Dordogne] (MRS); Aporophyla lutulenta (Denis & Schiffermüller) on Convolvulus: 1 male, ex larva, 4.vii.97, SPAIN [Tarragona] (GEK). N. interjecta, if the identification is correct, A. caecimacula and A. lutulenta are new host records.
Siphona confusa Mesnil. Indet. geometrid larva on Compositae: 1 example, ex prepupa, 18.vii.97, 22.vii.97, iv.98, FRANCE [Col de Vars, Hautes-Alpes] (MRS). This is the first host record of the true confusa (cf. Andersen, 1996) (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Siphona cristata (Fabricius). Mamestra brassicae (L.) on Chenopodium: 3 males, ex pupae, viii.93, vii.94, East Wretham, Norfolk (GMH).
Tachinini
Tachina fera (Linnaeus). Ceramica pisi (L.): 1 male, ex pupa, em. 1994, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire (DR). Mainly parasitic on noctuid larvae, with numerous species recorded. Occasional records from Lymantriidae.
Tachina grossa (Linnaeus). Macrothylacia rubi (L.): 1 female, 24.iii.98, 22.v.98, Beeley Moor, Derbyshire (BS).
Triarthriini
Triarthria setipennis (Fallén). Forficula auricularia (L.) (Dermaptera: Forficulidae): 2 females, adult and nymph, 1.v.95, vi.95, Catcliffe, South Yorkshire (THF); indet. earwig remains in stem of Heracleum: 1 male, ? adult, 25.x.81, 8.vii.82, Drayton St Leonard, Oxfordshire (MRS).
Corrections to Ford & Shaw (1991)
Page 24. Exorista larvarum (L.): The record in Ford & Shaw (1991) of 4 males and 5 females from Parasemia .plantaginis (L.) at Ailsa Craig is in error as the material has been reidentified as Exorista fasciata (Fallén).
Page 31. Pales pavida (Meigen): in the first record given by Ford & Shaw (1991) from Orthosia stabilis (Denis & Schiffermüller) on line 19, delete viii.82 and insert vi.88.
Our thanks are due to Dr B. Herting and Dr H-P. Tschorsnig of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart for their unstinting help with the determination of specimens not always in the best of condition, and for their valuable suggestions on the preparation of this paper; also to Dr. John Langmaid for the determination of Agonopterix nervosa and to the following contributors of material: H. Abbasipour, R.R. Askew, D.A. Barbour, K.P. Bland, N.A.D. Bourne, D. Budworth, J.F. Burton, J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, D. Chanselme, M.F.V. Corley, A.R. Cronin, I. Cross, C. Eliasson, H.A. Ellis, A.M. Emmet, R.E. Evans, I.D. Ferguson, J. Gifford, W. Gilchrist, B. Goater, B. Goodger, D. Goulson, K.C. Greenwood, J.L. Gregory, D. Hackett, G.M. Haggett, N. Hall, F. Harrison, R. Hayward, S.M. Hewitt, M.A. Hope, M. Jennings, J. Kerslake, G.E. King, R.P. Knill-Jones, A. Komonen, J.R. Langmaid, R. Leverton, R.I. Lorimer, H. McHaffie, J. Malbon, L. Martin, G.J. Maynard, B. Mitchell, G. Nobes, D. O'Keefe, D.F. Owen, S.M. Palmer, B.T. Parsons, M.S. Parsons, J. Paukkunen, J.H. Payne, E.C. Pelham-Clinton, A. Pittaway, C.W. Plant, J.M. Price, R. Revels, D. Rey, P.J.C. Russell, B. Statham, A. Steele, K.J. Stockman, P. Summers, M. Tansley, P. Tebbutt, W.G. Tremewan, S.M. Tremewan, K. Ulrich, M.C. White, R.J. Worthy, J.L. Yela, D. Young, M.R. Young. We also thank Tony Pittaway, John Todd and Jason Bryan for much valuable and expert help given to Tom Ford with his computer software.
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