Neotephritis finalis

Neotephritis finalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Neotephritis
Species:	N. finalis
Binomial name
	Neotephritis finalis; (Loew, 1862)
Synonyms
	Neotephritis inornata Snow, 1894; Tephritis affinis Loew, 1862; Tephritis inornata(Coquillett, 1902); Trypeta finalis Coquillett, 1902;

Last updated October 27, 2025

Neotephritis finalis, the sunflower seed maggot, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae.^[4]^[5]

Neotephritis finalis - portrait
Neotephritis finalis - mating

Distribution

Canada, USA and Mexico.

References

1 2 Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 6: 184–232. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
↑ Snow, W.A. (1894). "Descriptions of North American Trypetidae, with notes. Paper I". The Kansas University Quarterly. 2: 159–174, 2 pls.
1 2 Coquillett, D.W. (1902). "New acalyptrate Diptera from North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 10: 177–191. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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[Loew1862-1] 1 2 Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 6: 184–232. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Snow1894-2] Snow, W.A. (1894). "Descriptions of North American Trypetidae, with notes. Paper I". The Kansas University Quarterly. 2: 159–174, 2 pls.

[Coquillett1902-3] 1 2 Coquillett, D.W. (1902). "New acalyptrate Diptera from North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 10: 177–191. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[Norrbom1999-4] 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.

[FooteBlancNorrbom1993-5] 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.

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