Cyzenis albicans
| Cyzenis albicans | |
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| Cyzenis albicans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
| Tribe: | Goniini |
| Genus: | Cyzenis |
| Species: | C. albicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyzenis albicans (Fallén, 1810) | |
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Cyzenis albicans is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1]
Cyzenis albicans flies only eat winter moths. In an experimental effort to keep the winter moths in check, thousands of Cyzenis albicans have been release in 2015 in 17 sites across New England, including sites in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine, with some success[2]
References
- 1 2 Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series 12 (London: Royal Entomological Society of London). pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ↑ Felicia Gans, Boston Globe Correspondent (November 30, 2015). "Winter moths make appearance for mating season". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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