| Aciurina thoracica | |
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| Desert Broom Gall formed by Aciurina thoracica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Dithrycini |
| Genus: | Aciurina |
| Species: | A. thoracica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aciurina thoracica | |
Aciurina thoracica is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae. [2] It induces galls on plants from the genus Baccharis . [3]
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