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Species Notogramma purpuratum

Purple Picture-winged Fly - Notogramma purpuratum

Notogramma purpuratum? - Notogramma purpuratum - female

Female, Notogramma purpuratum? - Notogramma purpuratum

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 Notogramma

Species purpuratum (Notogramma purpuratum)

Identification

Pale spot on edge of wing at end of R1; mesopleura at most thinly pruinose, without pattern of dark spots. (Steyskal, 1963)

Range

Texas, southern Arizona, southern California, Mexico

Food

Larvae live in cactus

Contributed by John F. Carr on 17 December, 2011 - 2:51pm

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