Paracantha cultaris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Genus: | Paracantha |
Species: | P. cultaris
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Binomial name | |
Paracantha cultaris (
Coquillett, 1894)
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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.