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population control by tachinid fly
...parasitizing only one or a few closely related host species of insects, a species of tachinid introduced to the United States from Europe ( Compsilura concinnata) to control the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth attacks more than 200 species of caterpillars. The means of entering the host has become highly evolved among tachinids. Certain tachinid flies attach eggs to their victim’s...
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