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Tachina

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Tachina
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Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.[2][3]

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Tachina grossa
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Tachina ursina
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Taxonomy

Nowickia Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors as a subgenus of Tachina Meigen, 1803, following most authors is now accepted as a valid genus and treated separately.[citation needed]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[4][5]

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