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Species Campiglossa genalis

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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 (Campiglossa group)
Genus Campiglossa
Species genalis (Campiglossa genalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tephritis corpulenta Cresson, 1907
Paroxyna difficilis americana Hering, 1944
Paroxyna franciscana Hering, 1947
Explanation of Names
Paroxyna genalis (Thomson, 1869)
Food
recorded from ~40 spp. in 16 genera of Asteraceae
Print References
Goeden R.D., Headrick D.H., Teerink J.A. (1994) Life history and description of immature stages of Paroxyna genalis (Thomson) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on native Asteraceae in southern California. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 96: 612-629 (Full text)