Frontina laeta (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Frontina laeta 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 Foreign Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth Lepidoptera: Sphingidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Frontina laeta/Frontina laetaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Laothoe populi/Laothoe populipoplar hawk-mothlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth Lepidoptera: Sphingidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Frontina laeta/Frontina laetaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Smerinthus ocellata/Smerinthus ocellataeyed hawk-mothlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth Lepidoptera: Sphingidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Frontina laeta/Frontina laetaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphinx ligustri/Sphinx ligustriprivet hawk-mothlarva

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

Frontina laeta (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Frontina laeta (a parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFrontina laeta (a parasitoid fly)
TribeGoniini (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 Frontina laeta (a parasitoid fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1953 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 1: with a description of Frontina laeta Mg., (Dipt: Larvaevoridae) Ent. Gazette 4: 273-279.

Frontina laeta (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Frontina laeta (a parasitoid fly):

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