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Lettuce Fruit Fly
Trupanea amoena
36.0503, -112.118
Field Notes
Description:
Tiny grey and yellow fruit fly with spider silhouettes on the wings. The head and legs are yellow. Family Tephrytidae, 3 mm long. This is now an invasive species from Europe in the US. In Arizona it is a pest of Safflower where the larvae are internal feeders on the flower heads, affecting seed production.
Habitat:
Yavapai Lodge, Grand Canyon Village, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Flew into our room at the lodge.
Notes:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=47256
http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/insectarium/Trupanea-amoena-img4022…
http://faluke.blogspot.mx/2011/06/trupanea-amoena.html
http://www.hyperini.eu/index.php?page=trupanea-amoena
http://3241.pornsites-aeoe.pherobase.com/database/invasive-species/spec…
http://www.rroij.com/open-access/a-new-record-of-fruit-fly-trupanea-amo…
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=98361
http://eol.org/pages/488433/details
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