Archytas marmoratus explained

Archytas marmoratus, of the marmoratus species group, is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.^[1] In 1986, it was successfully used in biological control against the fall armyworm. ^[2]

Distribution

United States, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Grenier . S. . Applied biological control with Tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae): A review . Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz . 61 . 3 . 1988 . 0340-7330 . 10.1007/BF01906254 . 49–56.