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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Eutretini » Paracantha » Paracantha culta
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Tephritidae - Paracantha culta - female
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Tephritidae - Paracantha culta - Female
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
September 25, 2005
From afar (and to the untrained eye) these Paracantha sp. look a lot alike.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 21 August, 2009 - 8:15am
Last updated 20 November, 2012 - 12:39pm

Moved
Moved from Paracantha.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 November, 2012 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

yes, P. culta
yes, P. culta
… Allen Norrbom, 20 November, 2012 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 18 October, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 18 September, 2009 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

might be, yours is female
We have an abundance of Paracantha culta down in KS. Not sure how much these pics help, hopefully for wing pattern. Apparently the head and leg coloration are part of the ID as well, but I don't have a key. There are some expert notes below the top down of this male.


… Andrew Williams, 21 August, 2009 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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