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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Xanthaciura » Xanthaciura tetraspina

Species Xanthaciura tetraspina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
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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 Xanthaciura
Species tetraspina (Xanthaciura tetraspina)
Explanation of Names
Xanthaciura tetraspina (Phillips, 1923)
Identification
Scutellum with four bristles (apical pair short) instead of two in other species from the United States.
Range
Eastern USA south to Brazil
Food
Larval food plants include Eupatorium and Ageratum houstonianum.(1)
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).
Contributed by John F. Carr on 10 January, 2013 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions by Spencer_pote
Last updated 10 July, 2020 - 3:45pm

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