Sunflower Seed Maggot
Neotephritis finalis (Loew, 1862)
Sunflower Seed Maggot: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/16629
Synonyms
Trypeta finalis 
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22 Records

Status

Widespread and common in North America.

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Neotephritis finalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Neotephritis
Species:
N. finalis
Binomial name
Neotephritis finalis
(Loew, 1862)[1]
Synonyms

Neotephritis finalis, the sunflower seed maggot, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae.[4][5]

Distribution

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Canada, USA and Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ a b Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 6: 184–232. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ Snow, W.A. (1894). "Descriptions of North American Trypetidae, with notes. Paper I". The Kansas University Quarterly. 2: 159–174, 2 pls.
  3. ^ a b Coquillett, D.W. (1902). "New acalyptrate Diptera from North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 10: 177–191. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Foote, Richard H.; Blanc, P.L.; Norrbom, Allen L. (1993). Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico. New York: Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing). pp. xii, 571. ISBN 9780801426230.