Australian Leaf Roller Fly

Description:

Trigonospila brevifacies is a species of true fly in the family Tachinidae native to eastern Australia. Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, T. brevifacies is a parasitoid of other insects, specifically late larval stages of a number of species of Lepidoptera. It is also known as the Australian Leaf-Roller Fly or Leafroller Fly. They are primarily black with pearly whitish to golden transverse bars on the thorax and abdomen, and brown eyes.

Habitat:

Yarra Bend National Park