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Species Tephritis stigmatica

Tephritis stigmatica Tephritis stigmatica Tephritis stigmatica Trupanea - Tephritis stigmatica - female
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 Tephritini
No Taxon (Tephritis group)
Genus Tephritis
Species stigmatica (Tephritis stigmatica)
Explanation of Names
Tephritis stigmatica Coquillett, 1899
Life Cycle
Forms galls in several plant species belonging to Arnica, Aster, and Heterotheca(1); Also in Senecio douglasii(2).
Remarks
Generic position discussed in(3).
Works Cited
1.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).
2.Gall formation by the capitulum-infesting fruit fly, Tephritis stigmatica (Diptera: Tephritidae)
R.D. Goeden. 1988. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
3.A new North American species of Tephritis, with some observations on its generic position
B.A. Foote. 1959. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 28 April, 2007 - 4:27pm
Additional contributions by Spencer_pote
Last updated 10 July, 2020 - 2:09pm

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