Euthauma ghentianum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Tephritini |
Genus: | Euthauma |
Species: | E. ghentianum |
Binomial name | |
Euthauma ghentianum Munro, 1949 [1] | |
Euthauma ghentianum is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Euthauma of the family Tephritidae. [2]
E. ghentianum induces galls on the stems of Schistostephium crataegifolium which vary in size and shape. On main stems they are elongate and spindle shaped, about 20-25mm long and 5-7mm wide, and the stem grows past the gall. The galls become globose and the shoot ceases to grow when on side shoots. [1]