Gnadochaeta nigrifrons (Townsend, 1892)    Synonyms: Clista americana, Loewia nigrifrons.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Tachinidae   >   Genus Gnadochaeta   

Status:

Found from eastern Canada to Mexico (BugGuide).

Relationships:

Recorded hosts include weevils in the genus Curculio and Conotrachelus affinis (BugGuide). The latter species has not yet been documented at MBP (10/27/2018), but seems expected based on range.

There is 1 record in the project database.

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A male Gnadochaeta nigrifrons in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2018). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A male Gnadochaeta nigrifrons in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2018). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Note presumed pollinia on mouthparts. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A male Gnadochaeta nigrifrons in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2018). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A male Gnadochaeta nigrifrons in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/15/2018). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)


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