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Australian Leaf Roller Fly

Trigonospila brevifacies

Photo by pamsai
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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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Comments (1)

thanks Ernst. I wondered if it might be that when I saw Leuba's spotting, but the black and white stripes looked more prominent on this one, so I wasn't sure.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2014

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