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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Tephritis group » Trupanea
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Tephritid - Trupanea - female
Copyright © 2007 Simon Fraser

Tephritid - Trupanea - Female
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
November 11, 2007
Size: 5-6mm long
Small fly with notable markings on wings and green iridescent eyes. Females seen laying eggs in unopened flower bugs of Tagetes (Asteraceae).

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Contributed by Simon Fraser on 12 November, 2007 - 10:17am
Last updated 14 March, 2012 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from Fruit Flies.
… v belov, 14 March, 2012 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Trupanea sp.
Trupanea sp.
… Allen Norrbom, 14 March, 2012 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Likely Trupanea
Nice shot, but do you have something showing more of the pattern on the wings? A view straight down from the top with wings spread a bit would be ideal.

I think yours is the same as this one of mine:

Note that the large dark "blob" on the wing has a small light dot inside it and another adjacent to it.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 November, 2007 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

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