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Euaresta bella

Euaresta bella is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

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Euaresta bella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Euaresta
Species:
E. bella
Binomial name
Euaresta bella
(Loew, 1862)1
Synonyms
  • Trypeta bella Loew, 18621

Euaresta bella is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.23

The larvae feed on Ambrosia artemisiifolia, the only known host. There is one generation per year.4

References

References

  1. Loew, H. (1862). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I.". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6 (1 [= No. 141]): xxiv + 221.
  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. Foote, Richard H.; Blanc, P.L.; Norrbom, Allen L. (1993). Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico. New York: Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing). pp. xii, 571. ISBN 9780801426230.
  4. Bugguide.net. Species Euaresta bella