Hubneria affinis

Hubneria affinis is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.^[3][4] It parasitizes moths such as Arctia caja by laying eggs in the larvae that eventually kill the host.

Hubneria affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Eryciini
Genus:	Hubneria
Species:	H. affinis
Binomial name
Hubneria affinis (Fallén, 1810)[1]
Synonyms
Carcelia nigripes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2] Exorista polychaeta Macquart, 1849 Huebneria polychaeta (Macquart, 1849) Tachina affinis Fallén, 1810[1]

Distribution

China, British Isles, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, “Yugoslavia”, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Mongolia, Russia, Transcaucasia.