Picture-winged fly

The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, along with members of other families in the superfamily Tephritoidea that have patterns of bands or spots on the wings. Some species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated posteroapical projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein.

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Los Ulidiidae (anteriormente Otitidae) son una gran y diversa familia de moscas (Diptera), y como en familias relacionadas, la mayoría de las especies son herbívoras o saprófagas. Algunas especies comparten con los Tephritidae una proyección posteroapical inusual de la célula anal en el ala, pero se puede diferenciar por la vena subcostal suavemente curva. Dos especies, Tetanops myopaeformis y Euxesta stigmatias, son plagas agrícolas.