Tachina
Sign in to savethumb|Tachina grossa thumb|Tachina ursina Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTachinidae
Tachina grossa Tachina ursina Tachina es un género de moscas relativamente grandes perteneciente a la familia Tachinidae, la mayoría tiene larvas que son parasitoides de orugas de lepidópteros. Hay aproximadamente unas 600 especies por todo el mundo.
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thumb|Tachina grossa thumb|Tachina ursina Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.
==Taxonomy== Nowickia Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors as a subgenus of Tachina Meigen, 1803, following most authors is now accepted as a valid genus and treated separately.