Paracantha cultaris is a species of tephritid fruit fly found in western North America, as far south as Costa Rica.[3] The adult is mainly orange-brown in color. The maggots can be found inside sunflowers and the adult flies are usually nearby the sunflowers.

Paracantha cultaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Paracantha
Species:
P. cultaris
Binomial name
Paracantha cultaris
Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ a b Coquillett, Daniel William (1894). "New North American Trypetidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 26: 71–75. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ Malloch, J.R. (1933). "Acalyptrata". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 6: 177–391.
  3. ^ 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.