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Australian Leaf Roller Fly
Trigonospila brevifacies
-37.8, 145.01
Field Notes
Description:
Trigonospila brevifacies is a species of true fly in the family Tachinidae native to eastern Australia. Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, T. brevifacies is a parasitoid of other insects, specifically late larval stages of a number of species of Lepidoptera. It is also known as the Australian Leaf-Roller Fly or Leafroller Fly.
They are primarily black with pearly whitish to golden transverse bars on the thorax and abdomen, and brown eyes.
Habitat:
Yarra Bend National Park
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