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

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Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862)

Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862)

Procecidochares atra is a tephritid fruit fly species found in Canada, the US, and Mexico that forms galls on goldenrod plants.

Family
Genus
Procecidochares
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862)

Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862) is a species of tephritid fruit flies belonging to the genus Procecidochares and the family Tephritidae. Galls formed by this species occur most commonly on three plant species: Solidago altissima, Solidago gigantea, and Solidago rugosa. This species is distributed across Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Photo: (c) Léo-Guy de Repentigny, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Léo-Guy de Repentigny · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tephritidae Procecidochares

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

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