Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826 is a animal in the Tephritidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826

Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826

Trypeta zoe, the daisy leafminer, is a tephritid fruit fly found across much of Europe, whose larvae mine host plant leaves.

Family
Genus
Trypeta
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826

Trypeta zoe, commonly known as the daisy leafminer, is a species of tephritid fruit fly that belongs to the genus Trypeta, family Tephritidae. Its known foodplants are species from the genus Achillea, plus Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia absinthium, and Leucanthemum vulgare; the species' larvae form leaf mines within the leaves of these plants. T. zoe is currently recorded to be present in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Photo: (c) Rui Andrade, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rui Andrade

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tephritidae Trypeta

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