Species Zonosemata electa - Pepper Maggot

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Fruit Fly - Zonosemata electa - male - female

Pepper Maggot fly, Zonosemata electa - Zonosemata electa

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 Trypetinae

Tribe Carpomyini

Subtribe Carpomyina

Genus Zonosemata

Species electa (Pepper Maggot)

Explanation of Names

Zonosemata electa (Say)

Range

e. NA (QC-ON-IA to FL-TX)(1)

Food

Solanum; an economically significant pest of eggplant(2)

Internet References

Species pages by A. L. Norrbom(1), by Steck & Sutton(3)

Works Cited

1.	Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages

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).

3.	Steck G.J., Sutton B.D. (2002) Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 26 July, 2007 - 11:15am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 2:55pm

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