Frontina laeta

Frontina laeta
	Frontina laeta. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Goniini
Genus:	Frontina
Species:	F. laeta
Binomial name
	Frontina laeta; (Meigen, 1824)
Synonyms
	Tachina laeta Meigen, 1824; Latreillia testacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Tachina auronitens Hartig, 1838; Tachina laetabilis Zetterstedt, 1844;

Frontina laeta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.^[5]^[6] Known hosts include Smerinthus ocellatus and Sphinx ligustri. ^[7]

Distribution

British Isles, Czech Republic^[7], Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Corsica, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Russia, Transcaucasia, China.

References

^ ^a ^b Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques). 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ Hartig, T. (1838). "Ueber die parasitischen Zweiflugler des Waldes". [Hartig's] Jahresberichte über die Fortschritte der Forstwissenschaft und forstlichen Naturkunde. 1 (2): 275–306.
^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1844). "Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta". Tomus Tertius. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund.]: 895–1280.
^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Vaňhara, Jaromír; Tschorsnig, Hans-Peter; Herting, Benno; Mückstein, Petr; Michalková, Veronika (2009-01-01). "Annotated host catalogue for the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Czech Republic". Entomologica Fennica. 20 (1): 22–48. doi:10.33338/ef.84456. ISSN 2489-4966. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

[Meigen1824-1] Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[Robineau-Desvoidy1830-2] Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques). 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[Hartig1838-3] Hartig, T. (1838). "Ueber die parasitischen Zweiflugler des Waldes". [Hartig's] Jahresberichte über die Fortschritte der Forstwissenschaft und forstlichen Naturkunde. 1 (2): 275–306.

[Zetterstedt1844-4] Zetterstedt, J.W. (1844). "Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta". Tomus Tertius. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund.]: 895–1280.

[OHara2020-5] O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[OHara_china-6] O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

[p321-7] Vaňhara, Jaromír; Tschorsnig, Hans-Peter; Herting, Benno; Mückstein, Petr; Michalková, Veronika (2009-01-01). "Annotated host catalogue for the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Czech Republic". Entomologica Fennica. 20 (1): 22–48. doi:10.33338/ef.84456. ISSN 2489-4966. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

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