Acaulona peruviana
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| Acaulona peruviana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
| Genus: | Acaulona |
| Species: | A. peruviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acaulona peruviana | |
Acaulona peruviana is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2] It was first described by entomologist Charles Henry Tyler Townsend in 1913 based on specimens collected in Peru.[1] It is a parasitoid of "cotton stainer" bugs.[1] It was introduced to Puerto Rico in the early 1940s as a biocontrol agent of cotton stainers.[3]