Appearance
Easily recognized among North American by its distinctive shape. Wings abruptly narrowed distally into acuminate ‘tail’.Naming
Kirkaldy 1907Distribution
South western USA and Northern MexicoFood
Mistharnophantia sonorana (as M. caudata) – Helianthus L. (Sunflower, Asteraceae)Predators
Hesperodryinus arizonicus Perkins (Dryinidae) on Mistharnophantia sonorana (See Krombein 1979: 1243).Apterodryinus torvus Perkins (Dryinidae) on Mistharnophantia sonorana (See Krombein 1979: 1246).
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