Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Townsend, 1908)
(Browntail Botherer)

Interactions where Townsendiellomyia nidicola is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva UK/IrelandRestricted Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail Lepidoptera: Erebidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species., Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Townsendiellomyia nidicola/Townsendiellomyia nidicolabrowntail bothererlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Euproctis chrysorrhoea/Euproctis chrysorrhoeabrown-taillarvaSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J., 2006Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species.Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 49-55.

Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTownsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer)
TribeEryciini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyEXORISTINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer)

Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Browntail Botherer):

A rare tachinid which is a specialist parasite of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Browntail moth) caterpillars along the south coast of England. The adults fly from mid-July to mid-August.

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