Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritis?

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 07-03-2019 14:25
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That is why we were asking about its aculeus: leontodotis has deeply incised tip of the aculeus, so it is not that species.
It indeed looks more like T. neesii , a species with greatly variable wing pattern, however? but it looks like its abdomen is entirely white setulose: if there are some black setulae on abdominal tergites, then IT IS neesii -- Severyn and I have discussed, but cannot see this character clearly at your pics, so please examinate it under higher magnification: some setulae at fore margins of tergites must be black.