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Tephritis fascigera
Tephritis fascigera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. fascigera
Binomial name
Tephritis fascigera Malloch, 1931

Tephritis fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Tephritis of the family Tephritidae, one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.

References

1. Malloch, J.R. (1931). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part VIII. -- Trypetidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 389–404.
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. "Senecio Gall Fly (Sphenella fascigera)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
4. "Sphenella fascigera (Malloch, 1931)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
5. Martin, Nicholas A. "Senecio gall fly - Sphenella fascigera". New Zealand Arthropod Factsheet Series Number 31. Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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