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Eutreta xanthochaeta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Eutretini
Genus:	Eutreta
Species:	E. xanthochaeta
Binomial name
Eutreta xanthochaeta Aldrich, 1923

Eutreta xanthochaeta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Eutreta of the family Tephritidae. It induces galls on Lantana camara.

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador. Introduced to Hawaii, Australia.

References

1. Aldrich, J.M. (1923). "Descriptions of lantana gall-fly and lantana seed-fly (Diptera)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 5: 261–263. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
2. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
3. Hernández-López, Mónica; Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente; Castillo-Campos, Gonzalo; Fernandes, Geraldo W. (2021-04-24). "Size matters: larger galls produced by Eutreta xanthochaeta (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Lippia myriocephala (Verbenaceae) predict lower rates of parasitic wasps". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 15 (4). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 615–625. Bibcode:2021APInt..15..615H. doi:10.1007/s11829-021-09834-4. ISSN 1872-8855. S2CID 235512353.

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