Mist Flower Gall Fly

Procecidochares alani

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae

Procecidochares alani is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Procecidochares. Distribution The species is native to Mexico. Specimens have been introduced to Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia as a biocontrol agent against Ageratina riparia.

Distribution

Mist Flower Gall Fly — (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 6

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC-BY DescriptionProcecidochares alani, Wikipedia contributors

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