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False Peacock Fly

Chaetorellia succinea

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Chaetorellia succinea is a species of tephritid fruit fly that was accidentally released in 1991 into the United States and had since become one of the major biological pest controls against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). It was not released intentionally for fears that it could become a pest of safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L. It was probably introduced from a shipment of yellow starthistle heads from Greece.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 3