Exoristinae

Hubenov, Zdravko, 2025, Review of the Hosts of the Family Tachinidae (Diptera: Insecta) in Bulgaria, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 77 (1), pp. 131-144 : 132-135

Subfamily Exoristinae

Exorista civilis (Rondani, 1859) – Euxoa temera ( Hubenov 1980) ; Loxostege sticticalis ( Chipishev 1930) ; Scopula immistaria ( Ziegler 1989) .

Exorista deligata Pandellé, 1896 [ E. aberrans (Strobl, 1893) ; Trycholyga] – Parnassius apollo ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Exorista fasciata (Fallén, 1820) [ E. segregata (Rondani, 1859) ; Trycholyga] – Thaumetopoea pityocampa ( Georgiev et al. 2022, Zaemdzhikova & Doychev 2022).

Exorista grandis (Zetterstedt, 1844) [ E. sorbillans (Wiedemann, 1830) ; Trycholyga] – Laothoe populi ( Hubenov 1980) ; Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1927b, Keremidchiev 1954, Karnožitzky 1957, Ganchev 1975, 1990); Smerinthus ocellata ( Hubenov 1980) .

Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Tachina ] – Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Euxoa temera ( Drensky & Zacharieva-Stoilova 1951) ; Gastropacha quercifolia ( Hubenov 1980) ; Lacanobia oleracea ( Dochkova 1971) ; Laelia coenosa ( Hubenov 1985) ; Leucoma salicis ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1927a, 1933, Trenchev 1980d, Zaharieva 1982, 1983, Hubenov 1983 a, Atanasov & Zaharieva 1984, Georgiev 1996b, Zaharieva-Pentcheva & Georgiev 1997); Lymantria dispar ( Burgess & Crossman 1929, Tschorbadjiew 1933, Karnožitzky 1957, Stefanov 1959, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1989, 1990, Mamun 1978, Tsankov 1985, Georgiev et al. 2013); Malacosoma neustria ( Ganchev 1980) ; Mamestra brassicae ( Dochkova 1971, Trenchev & Dochkova 1975, Hubenov 1980, 1983a, Trenchev 1980d); Penthophera morio ( Ziegler 1989) .

Exorista mimula (Meigen, 1824) [ E. erucarum (Rondani, 1859) ; E. nigricans (Egger, 1861) ; E. pratensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ; Eutachina , Microtachina , Tachina ] – Leucoma salicis ( Zaharieva 1982, 1983, Hubenov 1983 a, Zaharieva-Pentcheva & Georgiev 1997); Loxostege sticticalis ( Drensky 1931, Tschorbadjiew 1933); Mamestra brassicae ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Exorista nova (Rondani, 1859) – Saturnia pavonia , Mamestra brassicae , Smerinthus ocellata ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Exorista rustica (Fallén, 1810) [ Eutachina , Tachina ] – Mamestra sp. , Mamestra brassicae ( Nikolova 1946, 1972, Kaytazov 1963); Tenthredo scrophulariae ( Popov 1978) .

Exorista segregata (Rondani, 1859) [ E. fasciata (Fallén, 1820) ; Trycholyga] – Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1933, Burgess & Crossman 1929, Karnožitzky 1957, Ganchev 1972, 1975, Mamun 1978); Thaumetopoea pityocampa ( Russkoff 1929 -1930, Mirchev & Tsankov 2005, Zaemdzhikova & Doychev 2022).

Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) [ E. fallax Meigen 1824 ] – Euxoa temera ( Hubenov 1980) ; Heliothis maritima ( Nikolova 1972) ; Hyphantria cunea ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Diplostichus janitrix (Hartig, 1838) [ Chetogena ] – Gilpinia sp. ( Georgiev 1996a).

Parasetigena silvestris (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863) [ P. agilis (Stein, 1924) , not Robineau-Desvpidy, 1830; P. segregata Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1891 , not Rondani, 1859; Phorocera ] – Lymantria dispar ( Burgess & Crossman 1929, Tschorbadjiew 1933, Keremidchiev 1951, Karnožitzky 1957, Stefanov & Keremidchiev 1961, Stefanov 1962, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1989, 1990, Mamun 1978).

Parasetigena sp. ? ( Phorocera sp. ?) – Diprion pini ( Tschorbadjiew 1925) .

Phorocera assimilis (Fallén, 1810) – Lacanobia oleracea ( Dochkova 1971) .

Phorocera grandis (Rondani, 1859) – Thaumetopoea pityocampa (IV.1981, the fly was observed to lay eggs on the caterpillars in procession: Hubenov 1983a, Zaemdzhikova & Doychev 2022).

Phorocera obscura (Fallén, 1810) – Operophtera brumata ( Mamun 1978, Ganchev 1990).

Bessa parallela (Meigen, 1824) [ B. fugax (Rondani, 1861) ; B. selecta (Meigen, 1824) ] – Archips crataegana , Eudemis profundana ( Zaemdzhikova 2012, 2015); Tortrix viridana ( Ganchev 1977, 1990, Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1979, 1980d); Yponomeuta malinellus ( Popov 1956, Trenchev 1980d).

Meigenia mutabilis (Fallén, 1810) [ M. bisignata (Meigen, 1824) ] – Agelastica alni ( Tomov 1974) ; Leptinotarsa decemlineata ? ( Kaytazov 1971b, the fly was ob- served to visit the larvae); Gonioctena linnaeana ( Gruev 1969, 1972); Plagiosterna aenea ( Gruev 1972, 1973).

Meigenia uncinata Mesnil, 1967 – Agelastica alni ( Tomov 1971, 1974).

Erynniopsis antennata (Rondani, 1861) [ E. rondanii Townsend, 1926 ] – Diorhabda elongata ( Tomov 1971, 1974); Xanthogaleruca luteola ( Tomov & Mitov 1987) .

Ligeriella aristata (Villeneuve, 1911) – Thaumetopoea solitaria? ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Blondelia inclusa (Hartig, 1838) – Euproctis chrysorrhoea , Lymantria dispar ( Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d, Ganchev 1990).

Blondelia nigripes (Fallén, 1810) [ Ceromasia ] – Agriopis marginaria ( Mamun 1978) ; Alsophila aceraria ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Alsophila aescularia ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Archips rosana ( Mamun 1978) ; Archips xylosteana ( Mamun 1978, Mirchev et al. 1999); Colotois pennaria ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Cosmia trapezina ( Mamun 1978) ; Diprion pini ( Daskalova & Kitin 1979) ; Erannis defoliaria ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Mamun 1978, Hubenov 1983a); Lymantria dispar ( Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1989, 1990, Mamun 1978); Malacosoma neustria ( Mamun 1978, Zonati 1978, Ganchev 1980, 1989, 1990, Trenchev 1980d); Mamestra brassicae ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Operophtera brumata ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Orthosia cruda ( Mamun 1978) ; Orthosia incerta ( Mirchev et al. 1999) ; Perconia strigillaria (Hubenov 2001) ; Thaumetopoea processionea ( Mamun 1978) ; Tortrix viridana ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d).

Compsilura concinnata (Meigen, 1824) – Acronicta megacephala ( Georgiev & Delkov 1997) ; Aporia crataegi ( Velcheva et al. 2012) ; Archips crataegana ( Zaemdzhikova 2012, 2015); Archips xylosteana (Hubenov 2001) ; Calyptra thalictri ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Eriogaster lanestris ( Mamun 1978) ; Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d); Hyphantria cunea ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Leucoma salicis ( Zaharieva 1982, 1983, Hubenov 1983 a, Atanasov & Zaharieva 1984, Georgiev 1996b, Zaharieva-Pentcheva & Georgiev 1997); Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1933, Keremidchiev 1954, 1965, Karnožitzky 1957, Stefanov et al. 1958, Stefanov 1959, 1962, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1990, Mamun 1978, Tsankov 1985, Mirchev et al. 1999, Georgiev et al. 2013); Malacosoma neustria ( Ganchev 1980, 1990, Mamun 1978, Zonati 1978); Orthosia cruda ( Mamun 1978) ; Thaumetopoea pityocampa ( Russkoff 1929 - 1930, Tsankov 1965, Mirchev & Tsankov 2005, Georgiev et al. 2022, Zaemdzhikova & Doychev 2022); Thaumetopoea processionea ( Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d); Thaumetopoea solitaria ( Hubenov 1980) .

Vibrissina turrita (Meigen, 1824) – Athalia cordata ( Nikolova 1972) .

Winthemia quadripustulata (Fabricius, 1794) – Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Helicoverpa armigera ( Popoff 1934) ; Malacosoma neustria ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Nemorilla floralis (Fallén, 1810) [? N. maculosa (Meigen, 1824) ] – Acleris bergmanniana ( Nikolova & Natskova 1966, Nikolova 1967, 1972); Archips rosana ( Ivanov & Savov 1982) ; Archips xylosteana (Ivanov & Sa- vov 1982); Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Hedya nubiferana ( Velcheva et al. 2010) ; Lacanobia oleracea ( Dochkova 1971) ; Lobesia botrana ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Notocelia roborana ( Nikolova & Natskova 1966, Nikolova 1967, 1972); Pandemis heparana (Ivanov & Sa- vov 1982); Spilonota ocellana ( Ivanov & Savov 1982) .

Nemorilla maculosa (Meigen, 1824) – Archips xylosteana ( Ganchev 1977) ; Tortrix viridana ( Ganchev 1977) .

Aplomya confinis (Fallén, 1820) – Aglais io, Aglais urticae , Callophrys rubi ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Phebellia nigripalpis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1847) [ Exorista agnata Rondani, 1859 ; Prooppia ] – Archips crataegana ( Zaemdzhikova 2012, 2015).

Nilea hortulana (Meigen, 1824) [? N. innoxia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Platymyia ] – Acronicta tridens , Saturnia pyri ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Buquetia musca Robineau-Desvoidy, 1847 – Papilio machaon ( Hubenov 1980) .

Phryxe magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) [ Ph. longicauda Wainwright, 1940 ] – Agriopis aurantiaria ( Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d); Erannis defoliaria ( Mamun 1978) ; Lycia hirtaria ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Lymantria dispar , Malacosoma neustria ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Operophtera brumata ( Mamun 1978) .

Phryxe nemea (Meigen, 1824) – Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Erannis defoliaria ( Georgiev 2000b) ; Malacosoma neustria ( Zonati 1978) ; Lacanobia oleracea ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Operophtera brumata ( Trenchev 1980d, Georgiev 2000b); Ptycholoma lecheana ( Georgiev 2000b) .

Phryxe prima (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889) – Zygaena carniolica ( Tschorsnig 2017) .

Phryxe vulgaris (Fallén, 1810) – Erannis defoliaria ( Ganchev 1977, Mamun 1978); Lycia hirtaria ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Sphinx pinastri ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Thaumetopoea pityocampa ( Hubenov 1983a, Georgiev et al. 2022, Zaemdzhikova & Doychev 2022).

Bactromyia aurulenta (Meigen, 1824) – Yponomeuta malinellus ( Popov 1956, Trenchev 1980d).

Pseudoperichaeta nigrolineata (Walker, 1853) [ P. insidiosa (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863) ; P. roseanae Brauer et Bergenstamm, 1891 ; P. major Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 ; Zenillia ] – Acrobasis consociella ( Georgiev et al. 2002) ; Archips xylosteana ( Mirchev et al. 1999) ; Gelechia turpella ( Georgiev 2000b) ; Rhyacionia buoliana ( Tsankov 1967, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1985, Ganchev 1990, Georgiev 2000b).

Pseudoperichaeta palesoidea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) [ P. trizonata (Zetterstedt, 1844) ; P. hirta (Bigot, 1880) ; Anoxycampta ] – Hedya salicella ( Georgiev 2000b) .

Lydella grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [ L. senilis (Rondani, 1861) , not Meigen, 1838;? L. thompsoni Herting, 1959 ] – Ostrinia nubilalis ( Tschorbadjiew 1930, 1931, 1939).

Lydella thompsoni Herting, 1959 – Ostrinia nubilalis , Hyles livornica? ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Drino atropivora (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) [ Sturmia ] – Euxoa temera ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Inachis io, Saturnia spini ( Hubenov 1980) .

Drino gilva (Hartig, 1838) [? D. inconspicua (Meigen, 1830) ; Sturmia ] – Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1927b, Keremidchiev 1954, Karnožitzky 1957).

Drino inconspicua (Meigen, 1830) [ D. bimaculata (Hartig, 1837) ; Sturmia ] – Diprion pini ( Daskalova & Kitin 1979, Bochev & Georgiev 1996, Georgiev & Bochev 1996, Georgiev et al. 1998b), Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1927b, 1928, Keremidchiev 1954, Karnožitzky 1957, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1990, Mamun 1978, Tsankov 1985, Mirchev et al. 1999, Georgiev et al. 2013).

Thelyconychia solivaga (Rondani, 1861) – Acherontia atropos ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) ; Malacosoma neustria ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Hubneria affinis (Fallén, 1810) [ Exorista ] – Phragmatobia fuliginosa ( Trenchev 1980d) ; Spilosoma lubricipeda ( Popov 1978) .

Tryphera lugubris (Meigen, 1824) – Lemonia balcanica (Leg. S. Beshkov, new).

Carcelia gnava (Meigen, 1824) [ C. excavata (Zetterstedt, 1844) ] – Anacampsis populella ( Georgiev 2000b) ; La- siocampidae ( Nikolova 1970, 1972); Leucoma salicis ( Zaharieva 1982, 1983, Hubenov 1983 a, Atanasov & Zaharieva 1984, Zaharieva-Pentcheva & Georgiev 1997); Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1927b, Burgess & Crossman 1929, Karnožitzky 1957, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1990; Malacosoma neustria ( Ganchev 1980, Georgiev 2000b).

Carcelia iliaca (Ratzeburg, 1840) [ Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve, 1912 ] – Thaumetopoea processionea ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve, 1912 – Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Tschorbadjiew 1924, 1925, 1933, Lavchiev et al. 1977, Mamun 1978); Malacosoma neustria ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Carcelia lucorum (Meigen, 1824) [ C. cheloniae (Rondani, 1859) ] – Arctia caja ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Mamestra brassicae ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) ; Ptycholoma lecheana , Spilonota ocellana ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Carcelia rasa (Macquart, 1849) [ C. amphion Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ] – Yponomeuta malinellus ( Popov 1956) .

Carcelia stackelbergi Mesnil, 1963 – Tortrix viridana ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Carcelia tibialis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863) – Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Dicallomera fascelina ( Hubenov 1980) .

Senometopia excisa (Fallén, 1820) – Lymantria dispar (Georgiev et al. 2013) .

Senometopia separata (Rondani, 1859) [ Eucarcelia excisa var. separata (Rondani, 1859) ; Carcelia confundens (Rondani, 1859) ; C. gnava (Meigen, 1824) ] – Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1933, Keremidchiev 1954, Karnožitzky 1957, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1990, Tsankov 1985, Mirchev et al. 1999, Georgiev et al. 2013).

Xylotachina diluta (Meigen, 1824) [ X. ambulans (Rondani, 1861) ; X. ligniperdae Brauer et Bergenstamm, 1891 ; Lidella , Sturmia ] – Cossus cossus ( Sengalevich 1966, 1972, Dirimanov & Sengalevich 1969).

Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Townsend, 1908) [ Sturmia ] – Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Tschorbadjiew 1924, Lavchiev et al. 1977); Malacosoma neustria ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1933).

Platymya fimbriata (Meigen, 1824) [ P. nemestrina (Meigen, 1824) ] – Thaumetopoea processionea , Tortrix viridana ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Eumea linearicornis (Zetterstedt, 1844) [ E. westermanni (Zetterstedt, 1844) ; Platymyia ] – Archips crataegana ( Zaemdzhikova 2012, 2015); Archips rosana ( Mamun 1978) ; Archips xylosteana ( Mamun 1978, Mirchev et al. 1999); Pandemis cerasana ( Mamun 1978) ; Thaumetopoea processionea , Tortrix viridana ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Eumea mitis (Meigen, 1824) [ Platymyia ] – Ostrinia nubilalis ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Myxexoristops blondeli (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) – Pristiphora erichsonii (Hubenov 2001) ; Tortrix viridana ( Trenchev 1980d) .

Zenillia dolosa (Meigen, 1824) – Sphinx pinastri ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) .

Zenillia libatrix (Panzer, 1798) [ Exorista ] – Acrobasis consociella ( Georgiev et al. 2002) ; Archips xylosteana ( Mamun 1978) ; Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Tschorbadjiew 1924, 1925, 1933); Lymantria dispar ( Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d, Georgiev et al. 2013); Malacosoma neustria ( Lavchiev et al. 1977, Mamun 1978, Zonati 1978, Trenchev 1980d, Ganchev 1989, 1990); Thaumetopoea pityocampa ( Tsankov 1960, Mirchev & Tsankov 2005); Thaumetopoea processionea ( Mamun 1978) ; Theresimima ampellophaga ( Harizanova 1996) .

Pales pavida (Meigen, 1824) [ Ctenophorocera ] – Alsophila aescularia ( Mamun 1978, Ganchev 1977); Eriogaster lanestris ( Mamun 1978) ; Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Tschorbadjiew 1924, 1925, Mamun 1978); Hyphantria cunea (Hubenov 2001) ; Leucoma salicis ( Zaharieva 1982, 1983, Hubenov 1983 a, Atanasov & Zaharieva 1984, Georgiev 1996b, Zaharieva-Pentcheva & Georgiev 1997); Lymantria dispar ( Ganchev 1972, 1975, Mamun 1978, Trenchev 1980d); Malacosoma neustria ( Lavchiev et al. 1977, Mamun 1978, Ganchev 1980); Thaumetopoea processionea ( Mamun 1978) .

Phryno vetula (Meigen, 1824) – Agriopis bajaria ( Ziegler 1984) .

Eurysthaea scutellaris (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1848) [ Discochaeta evonymellae Ratzeburg, 1848 ; D. yponomeutae Rondani, 1861 ; D. hyponomeutae Stein, 1924 ] – Archips xylosteana ( Ganchev 1977, Mirchev et al. 1999); Tortrix viridana ( Ganchev 1977) ; Yponomeuta cagnagella ( Hubenov 1980) ; Yponomeuta evonymella (Hubenov 2001) ; Yponomeuta malinellus ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, 1926, 1933, Petrova 1933, Popov 1956, Trenchev 1979, 1980d, Hubenov 1983a); Yponomeuta padella ( Tschorbadjiew 1925, Lavchiev et al. 1977); Yponomeuta rorrella ( Tsankov & Georgiev 1991a) .

Elodia morio (Fallén, 1820) [ E. tragica (Meigen, 1824) ] – Acrobasis consociella ( Mamun 1978) ; Archips crataegana ( Zaemdzhikova 2015) ; Archips xylosteana ( Ganchev 1977) ; Cydia pomonella ( Trenchev 1980d, Velcheva et al. 2012); Tortrix viridana ( Zaemdzhikova 2012, 2015).

Sturmia bella (Meigen, 1824) – Acherontia atropos , Vanessa atalanta ( Hubenov 1983a) ; Dicallomera fascelina ( Hubenov 1980) .

Blepharipa pratensis (Meigen, 1824) [ B. scutellata (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ; Sturmia ; Blepharipoda , Crossocosmia ] – Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Gospodinov 1963) ; Lymantria dispar ( Burgess & Crossman 1929, Tschorbadjiew 1933, Keremidchiev 1951, 1965, Karnožitzky 1957, Stefanov 1959, Stefanov & Keremid- chiev 1961, Ganchev 1972, 1975, 1989, 1990, Mamun 1978, Tsankov 1985), Rhyacionia sp. ( Keremidchiev 1951).

Masicera pavoniae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) [ M. pratensis Meigen, 1824 ] – Cossus cossus , Euproctis chrysorrhoea ( Lavchiev et al. 1977) ; Saturnia pyri ( Lavchiev et al. 1977, Mückstein et al. 2007).

Masicera sphingivora (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) [ M. silvatica (Fallén, 1810) ; M. cuculliae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ] – Heliothis maritima ( Nikolova 1970, 1972).

Prosopea nigricans (Egger, 1861) – Thaumetopoea solitaria ( Hubenov 1983a) .

Baumhaueria goniaeformis (Meigen, 1824) – Lymantria dispar ( Tschorbadjiew 1927b) ; Malacosoma neustria ( Zonati 1978, Trenchev 1980d).

Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819 [ G. cilipeda Rondani, 1859 ; Salmacia ] – Agrotis ipsilon ( Nikolova 1961) .

Gonia capitata (De Geer, 1776) [ G. trifaria Zeller, 1842 ] – Euxoa temera ( Hubenov 1980) .

Pseudogonia parisiaca (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) [ Isomera blondeli Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Gonia cognata Rongani, 1859 ] – Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972);? Plusia sp. ( Trenchev 1980d).

Spallanzania hebes (Fallén, 1820) [ Cnephalia bucephala (Meigen, 1824) ] – Autographa gamma ( Dochkova 1971, 1972); Lacanobia oleracea ( Dochkova 1971)