Goniocera versicolor (Fallen, 1820)
(Lackey Botherer)

Interactions where Goniocera versicolor 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 Malacosoma castrensis Ground Lackey Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Goniocera versicolor/Goniocera versicolorlackey bothererlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lasiocampidae/Malacosoma castrensis/Malacosoma castrensisground lackeylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Malacosoma neustria The Lackey Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Goniocera versicolor/Goniocera versicolorlackey bothererlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lasiocampidae/Malacosoma neustria/Malacosoma neustriathe lackeylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Aporia crataegi Black-veined White Lepidoptera: Pieridae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Goniocera versicolor/Goniocera versicolorlackey bothererlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Aporia crataegi/Aporia crataegiblack-veined whitelarva

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

Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGoniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)
TribeSiphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
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 Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)

Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)

A small, rare tachinid which is a specialist parasitoid of Malacosoma neustria (Lackey moth) caterpillars along the south coasts of England and Wales. The adults are found in May.

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