🦋 Family

Tephritidae

78 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Tephritidae

Bactrocera dorsalis is an invasive tephritid fruit fly that has spread widely across tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Bactrocera tryoni is a reddish-brown fly with yellow markings native to parts of Australia and Pacific islands, preferring warm humid climates.

Bactrocera cucurbitae, the melon fly, is a tephritid fruit fly and serious agricultural pest native to South Asia.

Zeugodacus tau (syn. Bactrocera tau), the pumpkin/tau fruit fly, is a Tephritidae fruit fly pest native to Asia, found in California in 2023.

Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly, is one of the world's most destructive and economically important fruit crop pests.

Dirioxa pornia is a fruit fly native to eastern Australia that only attacks damaged, ripe, or fallen fruit.

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Syrphidae 232 species Cecidomyiidae 92 species Tachinidae 58 species Culicidae 54 species Bombyliidae 53 species Stratiomyidae 51 species Asilidae 49 species Agromyzidae 39 species

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