Neotephritis finalis (Loew, 1862) is a animal in the Tephritidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Neotephritis finalis (Loew, 1862)

Neotephritis finalis (Loew, 1862)

Neotephritis finalis, the sunflower seed maggot, is a Tephritidae fruit fly found in Canada, the USA, and Mexico.

Family
Genus
Neotephritis
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Neotephritis finalis (Loew, 1862)

Neotephritis finalis, commonly known as the sunflower seed maggot, is a species of fruit fly that belongs to the family Tephritidae. This species was first described by Loew in 1862. It is distributed across Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tephritidae Neotephritis

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