Calolydella

Calolydella is a genus of parasitoid flies in the family Tachinidae.^[3][4] This genus has been shown to primarily parasitize multiple species of caterpillars across a wide variety of families (Lepidoptera: Crambidae; Erebidae; Geometridae; Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalidae; Pieridae; Riodinidae; and Sphingidae).^[5][4]

Calolydella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Calolydella Townsend, 1927[1]
Type species
Calolydella geminata Townsend, 1927[1]
Synonyms[2]
Olindopsis Townsend, 1927 Prodexodes Townsend, 1927 Pygophorinia Townsend, 1927

Species

• Calolydella adelinamoralesae Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella alexanderjamesi Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella andinensis (Townsend, 1927)^[1]
• Calolydella argentea Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella aureofacies Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella bicolor Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella bifissus Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella blandita (Wulp, 1890)^[6]
• Calolydella cingulata (Schiner, 1868)
• Calolydella concinna (Wulp, 1890)^[6]
• Calolydella crocata Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella cylindriventris (Wulp, 1890)^[6]
• Calolydella destituta Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella discalis Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella erasmocoronadoi Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella felipechavarriai Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella fredriksjobergi Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella geminata Townsend, 1927
• Calolydella gentica (Walker, 1860)
• Calolydella inflatipalpis Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella interrupta Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella lathami (Curran, 1925)^[7]
• Calolydella leucophaea (Wulp, 1890)^[6]
• Calolydella nigripalpis Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella omissa Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella ordinalis Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella peruviana (Townsend, 1927)^[1]
• Calolydella renemalaisei Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella rufiventris (Townsend, 1927)^[1]
• Calolydella summatis Reinhard, 1975
• Calolydella susanaroibasae Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella tanyadapkeyae Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella tenebrosa Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella timjamesi Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]
• Calolydella triangulifera (Bigot, 1889)
• Calolydella trifasciata (Walker, 1837)
• Calolydella virginiajamesae Fleming & Wood, 2018^[5]