Species Euaresta festiva

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References

Tephritidae: Euaresta festiva? - Euaresta festiva

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)

Subfamily Tephritinae

Tribe Tephritini

Genus Euaresta

Species festiva (Euaresta festiva)

Size

body length 4-7 mm

Identification

ground color of thorax yellow; distal hyaline spot in cell r4+5 broadly touches wing margin (see photo linked to in Internet References section below)

Range

Idaho, Manitoba, Ontario, and Connecticut south to Colorado, Arkansas, northern Georgia

Habitat

fields, meadows, streamsides where Great Ragweed grows

Season

adults appear July through September

Food

larvae feed on a single species: Great Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

Life Cycle

one generation per year; overwinters as larva in seeds of Great Ragweed; pupates in spring

Internet References

wing pattern description, distribution, biology (The Diptera Site, US Dept. of Agriculture)

description US range map and other info (Biodiversity Inventory, Great Smoky Mountains National Park)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2005 - 2:26am
Last updated 13 October, 2006 - 9:46pm

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