Cotton-gall Tephritid

Aciurina bigeloviae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae

Aciurina bigeloviae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae. It induces galls by laying an egg on the bud of a Ericameria nauseosa plant, which forms a gall that the larvae develops within through the fall. Distribution Canada, United States.

Distribution

Cotton-gall Tephritid — (c) Elliott Gordon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,417

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Elliott Gordon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAciurina bigeloviae, Wikipedia contributors

Cotton-gall Tephritid

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