About Archytas marmoratus (Townsend, 1915)
Archytas marmoratus (Townsend, 1915) is a bristle fly species that belongs to the marmoratus species group in the family Tachinidae. In 1986, this species was successfully used for biological control targeting the fall armyworm. Its known distribution covers the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
