DNA barcodes reveal a new host record for Carcelia atricosta Herting (Diptera Tachinidae) in Italy
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Corcos Daria, Centorame Massimiliano, Cerretti Pierfilippo
ISSN: 0370-4327
The parasitoid-host association between Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) and Carcelia
atricosta Herting (Diptera: Tachinidae) is recorded here for the first time in Italy. A single caterpillar of O. antiqua was
collected in Northern Italy (Arzergrande, Padua, Veneto Region) in June 2015. After the specimen died, a single tachinid
larva emerged and pupariated. The emerged parasitoid was identified using DNA barcoding, with DNA extracted from the
tachinid pupa. This is the first distributional record of C. atricosta in Northern Italy and the second for Italy, only two other
specimens having being recorded previously (Abruzzo Region, Central Italy).