Eutreta xanthochaeta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Eutretini
Genus: Eutreta
Species:
E. xanthochaeta
Binomial name
Eutreta xanthochaeta

Eutreta xanthochaeta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Eutreta of the family Tephritidae.[2] It induces galls on Lantana camara.[3]

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador. Introduced to Hawaii, Australia.

References

  1. Aldrich, J.M. (1923). "Descriptions of lantana gall-fly and lantana seed-fly (Diptera)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 5: 261–263. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Hernández-López, Mónica; Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente; Castillo-Campos, Gonzalo; Fernandes, Geraldo W. (2021-04-24). "Size matters: larger galls produced by Eutreta xanthochaeta (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Lippia myriocephala (Verbenaceae) predict lower rates of parasitic wasps". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 15 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1007/s11829-021-09834-4. ISSN 1872-8855. S2CID 235512353.
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