Tephritis arizonaensis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tephritidae | Genus: Tephritis
Hosts: Baccharis sarothroides
Detachable: integral
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Season: Fall
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Location: bud
Form: non-gall, tapered swelling
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D: Intact branch tip mine.
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Revision of the Baccharis-Infesting (Asteraceae) Fruit Flies of the Genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North America
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[T. arizonensis has been reared from B. sarothroides in Tucson, AZ, and Otay, CA. These rearing records come from terminal galls, stem tip mines, and flower heads. Swelling from stem-feeding larvae only occurred during pupation.]
”- John Jenkins & William J. Turner: (1989) Revision of the Baccharis-Infesting (Asteraceae) Fruit Flies of the Genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North America©
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