Biology:Eutreta xanthochaeta

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Short description: Species of fly

Eutreta xanthochaeta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Eutretini
Genus: Eutreta
Species:
E. xanthochaeta
Binomial name
Eutreta xanthochaeta
Aldrich, 1923[1]

Eutreta xanthochaeta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Eutreta of the family Tephritidae.[2] It induces galls on Lantana camara.[3]

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador. Introduced to Hawaii, Australia .

References

  1. Aldrich, J.M. (1923). "Descriptions of lantana gall-fly and lantana seed-fly (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 5: 261–263. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5104162.pdf. Retrieved 14 March 2021. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Hernández-López, Mónica; Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente; Castillo-Campos, Gonzalo; Fernandes, Geraldo W. (2021-04-24). "Size matters: larger galls produced by Eutreta xanthochaeta (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Lippia myriocephala (Verbenaceae) predict lower rates of parasitic wasps". Arthropod-Plant Interactions (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 15 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1007/s11829-021-09834-4. ISSN 1872-8855. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14662978 entry