Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae

Posted by John Smit on 08-02-2007 17:10
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Hi Carnota,

A well known error. It's not a Tephritid but a Sciomyzid: Trypetoptera punctulata. The first name meaning 'with the wing of a Trypetid (old name for Tephritid)', so you're not the only one making thisslight mistake. I get them all the time as supposed Tephritids.

John