Cecidochares connexa (Macquart, 1848) is a animal in the Tephritidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cecidochares connexa (Macquart, 1848)
Cecidochares connexa is a tephritid fruit fly used for biocontrol of an invasive shrub, found in South America.
Cecidochares connexa is a species of tephritid fruit fly belonging to the genus Cecidochares and the family Tephritidae. It is used as a biological control agent for the invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata. This species is distributed across Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil.
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Terellia tussilaginis (Fabricius, 1775)
Aciurina bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1890)
Terellia fuscicornis (Loew, 1844)
Tephritis vespertina (Loew, 1844)
Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)
Eutreta diana (Osten Sacken, 1877)
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