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Species Aciurina trixa - Bubble-gall Tephritid

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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 Dithrycini
Genus Aciurina
Species trixa (Bubble-gall Tephritid)
Explanation of Names
Aciurina trixa Curran 1932
Formerly treated as a synonym of Aciurina bigeloviae
Range
w US (WA-CA to MT-NM)(1)
Food
Larvae eat and produce globular green galls on rabbitbrush (Chrysothanmnus nauseosus = Ericameria nauseosa)
Print References
Fernandes G.W., Price P.W. (1994) Life history, courtship, and mating behavior of the gall-forming Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Chrysothamnus nauseosus hololeucus (Asteraceae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 96: 301-307. (Full text)
Headrick D.H., Goeden R.D., Teerink J.A. (1997) Taxonomy of Aciurina trixa Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its life history on Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas) Britton in Southern California; with notes on A. bigeloviae (Cockerell). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 99: 415-428. (Full text)