Biology:Tephritis fascigera
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Short description: Species of fly
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| Tephritis fascigera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephritini |
| Genus: | Tephritis |
| Species: | T. fascigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Tephritis fascigera Malloch, 1931[1]
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Tephritis fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Tephritis of the family Tephritidae,[2] one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Malloch, J.R. (1931). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part VIII. -- Trypetidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum 3: 389–404.
- ↑ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database.". Myia 9: vii + 524.
- ↑ "Senecio Gall Fly (Sphenella fascigera)". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/397321.
- ↑ "Sphenella fascigera (Malloch, 1931)". http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/c986db6d-1bed-40b5-a44e-61aabf3d690a.
- ↑ Martin, Nicholas A.. "Senecio gall fly - Sphenella fascigera". Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Senecio-gall-fly---Sphenella-fascigera.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q106457752 entry
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