Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Acrosticta

red fly - Acrosticta red fly - Acrosticta Bosque del Apache Fly - Acrosticta Bosque del Apache Fly - Acrosticta Platystomatidae? - Acrosticta Tephritoidea? - Acrosticta Unknown fly - Acrosticta - female Unknown fly - Acrosticta - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Ulidiinae
Tribe Lipsanini
Genus Acrosticta
Explanation of Names
Acrosticta Loew 1868
Remarks
The typical wing pattern has a darkened costal cell and a dark spot over the wingtip.
The boundary between Acrosticta and Euxesta is uncertain. Species recorded in the 1965 catalog are
apicalis (Williston), eastern
compta (Cole), California
dichroa Loew, California
fulvipes Coquillett, California
rubida (Loew), California and Baja California
rufiventris Hendel, California to Florida