Lespesia
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Lespesia samiae
Lespesia samiae is a species of tachinid fly in the family Tachinidae. It belongs to the genus Lespesia, which includes parasitoid flies that attack lepidopteran caterpillars. The species was described by Webber in 1930 and is known to occur in North America. Like other members of its genus, it likely functions as an internal parasitoid of moth or butterfly larvae, though specific host records for this species are not well documented in the provided sources.