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Some fruit flies show Batesian mimicry, bearing the colors and markings of dangerous arthropods such as wasps or jumping spiders because it helps the fruit flies avoid predation, though the flies lack stingers. Adult tephritid fruit flies are often found on the host plant and feeding on pollen, nectar, rotting plant debris, or honeydew.
Strauzia longipennis is a large species of tephritid fruit fly known by the common name sunflower maggot. It is a minor pest whose larvae mine stems of sunflowers (Helianthus spp.). Damage from larval feeding on spongy tissue is usually light. The larvae do not damage the flower head or seeds, although those of other fruit fly species do so.
Rhagoletis juglandis, also known as the walnut husk fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It is closely related to the walnut husk maggot Rhagoletis suavis (Loew, 1862). This species of fly belongs to the R. suavis group, which has a natural history consistent with allopatric speciation. The flies belonging to ...
Tephritis ruralis is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Tephritis of the family Tephritidae. [2] Distribution. Europe. References This ...
Euleia heraclei (Tephritidae), showing the patterned wings. Tephritoidea are generally rather hairy flies with setae weakly differentiated. They have the following synapomorphies: male tergum 6 strongly reduced or absent; surstylus or medial surstylus with toothlike prensisetae (in Piophilidae only in one genus); female sterna 4-6 with anterior rodlike apodemes; female tergosternum 7 ...
Merzomyia westermanni is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Merzomyia of the family Tephritidae. [5] It is a medium-sized fly also commonly known as the ‘Swiss Cheese Tephritid’. Its wings, which span up to 7.1 mm, [6] are intricately patterned with reticulated golden-brown markings. A distinct clear patch of irregular size ...
Terellia tussilaginis, the gall fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. [5] Distribution This species is present in most of Europe ...
Urophora is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. [3] [4] Species. Urophora acompsa (Hendel, 1914) [5] Urophora aerea (Hering, 1942) [6]