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Athrycia curvinervis (Zetterstedt, 1844)	Data	Map	Records

Sub-family:DEXIINAE

Tribe: VORIINI

Synonyms: curvinervis (Zetterstedt, 1844 - Tachina)

Athrycia cf. curvinervis in Russia © Dmitry Gavryushin, 2006

Shaw & Ford (1991): -

Belshaw (1993): Leaves the host to pupate in the ground, overwintering as a puparium. Hosts: Noctuidae larvae (Lepidoptera), the majority of which feed nocturnally. In Britain: Noctuidae - Euplexia lucipara (Ford, 1976), ?Lacanobia contigua (LM), Lacanobia oleracea (NHM; Ford, 1976), Mamestra bnassicae (Ford, 1976), Melanchrapersicaniae (3), Orthosiagracilis on Spiraea (Hammond & Smith, 1955). Also recorded from most of these species in Europe (including Lacanobia contigua). British distribution: S.England, Midlands (Staffs and Cheshire), Wales (Glamor-gan), N. England (Lanes and York*) and Ireland (Cork). Flight period: late June to late August (24 records).

Tschorsnig (1994): Temperate Europe to Scandinavia; NS NW HE RP BW BY NB / A CH. Early July to Mid September (single specimens from Early June) possibly only 1 generation. Locally common. Mamestra spp once also from Euplexia lucipara L. (Noctuidae).

JNCC Calypterate Review (1996): DISTRIBUTION Widespread but sparse throughout England (Hants, Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Bucks, Gloucester, Hereford, Stafford, York); Wales (Glamorgan). HABITAT Hedgerows and cultivated areas; gardens. ECOLOGY The larvae are parasitoids of a variety of night-feeding noctuid caterpillars (Lepidoptera), several of which are pests of cultivated vegetables and garden plants. Adults from June to August. STATUS There are several post-1960 records, including Hants (1965), Gloucester (1972), and Stafford (1983). THREAT Uncertain. MANAGEMENT Uncertain.

Shaw & Ford (2000): -

Comments: -

GBGRB: P	GBNI: -	IE: P	GBCI: -
BRC #: 2501	BENHS: 1.4 2m 1f	GB Status:

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.