| Sub-family:EXORISTINAE |
Tribe: ERYCIINI |
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| Synonyms: confinis (Fallen, 1820 - Tachina) |
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| Shaw & Ford (1991): Lycaenid sp. on low legumes: 2 females, 1., 24.vii.74, by 9.viii.74, 21 .viii.74, FRANCE [Valderoure, Alpes Maritimes] (M.R.S). A specific parasitoid of Lycaenidae. |
| Belshaw (1993): Lays unincubated eggs on the host.
Hosts: Lycaenidae larvae (Lepidoptera). In Europe also single records from the non-British Agriopis bajania (D.&S.) (Geometridae) and (probably erroneously) from other Lepidoptera. In Britain: Lycaenidae - Celastrina argiolus (4), Cupido minimus (NHM), Lysandra bellargus (2), L.coridon (2), Polyommatus icarus (NHM), Quercusia quercus (NHM), Strymonidia w-album (2).
British distribution: S.England and Ireland (Down* and Mayo). Commoner in warmer central European areas (Herting, 1960) but extending to northern Sweden, Norway and Finland (Tschorsnig, pers. comm.).
Habitat: wastes, especially near coasts (Emden, 1954).
Flight period: early June to late August (at least 50 records). |
| Tschorsnig (1994): [Aplomyia]. Europe to Scandinavia; SH NS NW HE RP BW BY NB / A CH. Scrubby dry slopes warm dry forest edges dry meadows. Early May to Early October several generations. On flowers or foliage; in warmer Central Europe (and in Southern Europe) frequent in the North rare. Specific parasitoid of Lycaenidae. |
| JNCC Calypterate Review (1996): - |
| Shaw & Ford (2000): 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.). |
| Comments: 6mm black+grey |
| GBGRB: P |
GBNI: P |
IE: P |
GBCI: - |
| BRC #: 5001 |
BENHS: 2.4 8 |
GB Status: |
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| Legend: GBGRB=Great Britain, GBNI=Northern Ireland, IE=Ireland,
GBCI=Channel Islands (P=present or -=absent); BENHS indicates whether the BENHS
collection has it and which draw/column it is in. Status is taken from the JNCC
Calypterate Review (1996) and the JNCC Recorder package (1997). Synonyms were
taken from a number of sources but most notably the most recent Checklist of
British Diptera by Peter Chandler. |
| Acknowledgements: Many thanks to all the authors who let me
use their information to construct this database. If there are spelling mistakes
they were introduced by me during transcription and should not reflect on the
original authors. |
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