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Australian Leaf-roller
Trigonospila brevifacies
-37.8954, 145.301
Field Notes
Description:
A small fly about 6 mm long with a very distinctive body both in shape and pattern. The fly is mostly black with pale cream coloured bands both on the broad thorax and smaller, narrower abdomen.
Habitat:
Spotted in a reserve. <br>
A native to eastern Australia.
Notes:
Called "leaf roller fly" because it has been used as a natural control of the larvae of leaf roller moths (Tortricidae) . This is a tachinid fly. A parasitoid of several families of lepidopteran larvae ( moths). <br>
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/local-flies/trigono… <br>
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily:Exoristina
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 14, 2014
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