| Phytalmia alcicornis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Phytalmia |
| Species: | P. alcicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytalmia alcicornis (Saunders, 1861) | |
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