''Eutreta xanthochaeta'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''
Eutreta
''Eutreta'' is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.
Systematics
''Eutreta'' has three subgenera: ''Eutreta'', ''Metatephritis'' and ''Setosigena''.
These 36 species belong to the genus ''Eutreta'':
*'' Eutreta aczeli ...
'' of the family
Tephritidae.
It induces galls on ''
Lantana camara''.
Distribution
Mexico,
Guatemala
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,
El Salvador
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. Introduced to
Hawaii,
Australia
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.
References
Tephritinae
Insects described in 1923
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Gall-inducing insects
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