Genus Neotephritis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Neotephritis finalis (Loew) - Neotephritis finalis

Sunflower Seed Maggot - Neotephritis finalis

Tephritidae genus? - Neotephritis finalis

Sunflower Seed Maggot? - Neotephritis finalis - male - female

Fly w/red squared-off abdomen - Neotephritis finalis - female

Tephritidae, Sunflower Seed Maggot Fly, puparia - Neotephritis finalis

Tephritidae, Sunflower Seed Maggot Fly, spent - Neotephritis finalis

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

Genus Neotephritis

Explanation of Names

Neotephritis Hendel 1935

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1), 13 spp. total(2)

Range

New World & Australia(2)

Food

hosts: various Asteraceae

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom. 1993. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).

2.	Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 4 August, 2006 - 6:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 10 July, 2020 - 3:43pm

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