Species Euaresta bullans - Bathurst Burr Seed Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Euaresta bellula - Euaresta bullans - female

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 Euaresta

Species bullans (Bathurst Burr Seed Fly)

Explanation of Names

Euaresta bullans (Wiedemann 1830)

Range

native to South America; accidentally introduced to sw. US (CA-AZ) and other continents(1)

Food

Cocklebur (Xanthium spinosum, X. catharticum)(1)

Remarks

host plants are invasive weeds, but the fly is not an effective control agent(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 1 September, 2013 - 6:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2015 - 1:18pm

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