Tephritis fascigera

Tephritis fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Tephritis of the family Tephritidae,[2] one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.[3][4][5]

Tephritis fascigera
Tephritis fascigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Tephritis
Species:
T. fascigera
Binomial name
Tephritis fascigera

References
  1. Malloch, J.R. (1931). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part VIII. -- Trypetidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 389–404.
  2. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
  3. "Senecio Gall Fly (Sphenella fascigera)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. "Sphenella fascigera (Malloch, 1931)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. Martin, Nicholas A. "Senecio gall fly - Sphenella fascigera". New Zealand Arthropod Factsheet Series Number 31. Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. Retrieved 10 April 2021.


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