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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Ulidiinae » Lipsanini » Euxesta » Cornsilk fly (Euxesta stigmatias)

Species Euxesta stigmatias - Cornsilk fly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Picture-Winged Fly ? - Euxesta stigmatias - female Picture-Winged Fly ? - Euxesta stigmatias - female Picture-Winged Fly ? - Euxesta stigmatias - female
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 Euxesta
Species stigmatias (Cornsilk fly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxesta stigmatias Loew, 1868
Size
4 mm
Range
A tropical species found as far north as Florida.
Food
Larvae in ears of sweet corn
Remarks
Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)
Internet References
UFL "Featured Creature"
Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 June, 2013 - 8:11am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 August, 2020 - 3:15pm

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