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Species Eutreta caliptera

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Tephritinae
Tribe Eutretini
Genus Eutreta
No Taxon (subgenus Eutreta)
Species caliptera (Eutreta caliptera)
Explanation of Names
Eutreta caliptera (Say, 1830)
Range
e. NA west to SD-LA(1)
Food
Forms galls in various Asteraceae, including Ambrosia, Bidens, Chrysanthemum, Helianthus, and Veronia.(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Steck G.J., Sutton B.D. (2002) Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
2.Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico
Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom. 1993. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).