Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932 is a animal in the Tephritidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932

Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932

Aciurina thoracica is a tephritid fruit fly that induces galls on Baccharis plants, found in the United States and Mexico.

Family
Genus
Aciurina
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932

Aciurina thoracica, formally described by Curran in 1932, is a species of tephritid fruit fly. It belongs to the genus Aciurina, which is part of the family Tephritidae. This fly causes galls to form on plants that are in the genus Baccharis. It can be found in the United States and Mexico.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tephritidae Aciurina

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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