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Species Tephritis araneosa

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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 Tephritini
No Taxon (Tephritis group)
Genus Tephritis
Species araneosa (Tephritis araneosa)
Remarks
Probably a species complex.(1) Host plants are diverse, all but one in Asteraceae. The individual species lumped under this name probably have more narrow host ranges.
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).
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 13 July, 2007 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 19 January, 2020 - 10:00am

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