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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Tephritis group » Trupanea » Trupanea californica
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Tephritid emerging from stem galls of Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) - Trupanea californica - male
Copyright © 2016 Michael W. Palmer

Tephritid emerging from stem galls of Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) - Trupanea californica - Male
Lake Crescent, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
July 29, 2016
Size: 5mm adults

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Tephritid emerging from stem galls of Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) - Trupanea californica Tephritid emerging from stem galls of Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) - Trupanea californica - male Tephritid emerging from stem galls of Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) - Trupanea californica - male
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Contributed by Michael W. Palmer on 5 August, 2016 - 3:12pm
Last updated 25 April, 2018 - 10:42am

this is close related to acti
this is close related to actinobola, but (besides the wing coloration) the distribution and hostplant are a better fit with californica! Congratulation to the first record of this species on BG....
… Martin Hauser, 25 April, 2018 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trupanea actinobola.
… Martin Hauser, 25 April, 2018 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Michael W. Palmer, 5 August, 2016 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Trupanea actinobola (male)…
This species is widespread in NA, and there are numerous hosts as well among the Asteraceae.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 August, 2016 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Seems to be the first Pacific Coast record in Bugguide!
… Michael W. Palmer, 5 August, 2016 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Or anywhere?
The fruit fly handbook(1) has no records from Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia. Northern California and southeastern Idaho are the nearest dots on the map.
… John F. Carr, 5 August, 2016 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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