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Tephritid fly - Trupanea femoralis
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Tephritid fly - Trupanea femoralis
Aliso Canyon, Orange County, California, USA
October 18, 2009
Size: ~3mm
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 24 October, 2009 - 7:34pm
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 25 October, 2009 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

If I'm reading the wing patterns right...
it's Trupanea jonesi Curran, a female. (I know the last part's correct.)

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… Ron Hemberger, 24 October, 2009 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry Ron, I do not agree wit
Sorry Ron, I do not agree withthe ID. I think it is femoralis. The band connecting to the pterostigma is much narrower then the pterostigma in jonesi, but broader than the pterostigma in femoralis. Also the black line along the CuA vein is long and thick in femoralis and short and smaller in jonesi. And there are two black stripes in cell dm in femoralis and only one in jonesi....
Cheers
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 25 October, 2009 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
femoralis
Thanks Martin!
… Peter Bryant, 26 October, 2009 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

 
Ack! I had it right, then transcribed it wrong.
Thanks for the correction, Martin. I did see the difference, but mucked things up going from the patterns to the text.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 October, 2009 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

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