Lydella

Lydella is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[8] Lydella thompsoni can be used in the UK for the biological control of the European corn borer.^{[9][8][10][11][12]}

Lydella
Lydella sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Eryciini
Genus:	Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Type species
Lydella grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Synonyms
Diatraeophaga Townsend, 1916[2] Leptotachina Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891[3] Lidella De Galdo, 1856 Lidella Rondani, 1859[4] Lydelloxenis Mesnil, 1956 Metagonistylum Townsend, 1927[5] Metoposisyrops Townsend, 1916[2] Paraphorocera Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889[6] Zorella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[7]

Species

• Lydella acellaris Chao & Shi, 1982^[13]
• Lydella adiscalis Chao, 1982^[13]
• Lydella breviseria (Pandellé, 1896)^[14]
• Lydella columbina Richter, 1976^[15]
• Lydella deckeri (Curran, 1929)^[16]
• Lydella gannanensis Liu, Zhang & Xi, 2023^[17]
• Lydella grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
• Lydella jalisco Woodley, 1994^[18]
• Lydella lacustris Herting, 1959^[19]
• Lydella matutina Richter, 2003^[20]
• Lydella minense (Townsend, 1927)^[5]
• Lydella oryzae (Townsend, 1916)^[2]
• Lydella parasitica Mesnil, 1959^[21]
• Lydella radicis (Townsend, 1916)^[22]
• Lydella ripae (Brischke, 1885)^[23]
• Lydella scirpophagae (Chao & Shi, 1982)^[13]
• Lydella sesamiae (Mesnil, 1968)^[24]
• Lydella stabulans (Meigen, 1824)^[25]
• Lydella striatalis (Townsend, 1916)^[2]
• Lydella thompsoni Herting, 1959^[19]