Terellia | |
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Terellia serratulae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Terelliini |
Genus: | Terellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [1] |
Type species | |
Terellia palpata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Terellia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. [11]
Terellia ruficauda feeds on Canada thistle has been reported to be the most effective biological control agent for that plant. [53] Its larvae parasitize the seed heads of the plant feeding solely upon fertile seed heads. [54]
The Ulidiidae or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, along with members of other families in the superfamily Tephritoidea that have patterns of bands or spots on the wings. Some species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated posteroapical projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Two species, Tetanops myopaeformis and Euxesta stigmatias, are agricultural pests.
Chaetorellia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Actinoptera is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Chaetostomella is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tephritis is a genus of flies. It contains around 170 described species, making it the sixth largest genus in the family Tephritidae. Many more undescribed species are known from specimen collections. Tephritis occur throughout much of the world, but most are Palearctic. They can be found in a wide range of climate types, from hot semidesert to tundra. Most species inhabit the inflorescences of plants from several tribes in the family Asteraceae, and a few species cause galls to form.
Tomoplagia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Urophora is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Xyphosia is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.
Noeeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Oxyaciura is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Oxyna is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 20 described species in Oxyna.
Sphaeniscus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Trupanea is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Otitinae is the name of a subfamily of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It was formerly the Otitidae. Like the Ulidiinae, most species are herbivorous or saprophagous. Most species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Most are dull gray to shiny brown or black flies with vein R1 setulose or, in a few cases, bare.
Dyseuaresta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Eutreta is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.
Terellia is a subgenus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Acrotaeniini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tephritini is a tribe of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are about 80 genera and some 1000 described species in Tephritini.