Tephritis palmeri
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tephritidae | Genus: Tephritis
Hosts: Baccharis halimifolia / Baccharis neglecta
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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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Adults of T. palmeri have been reared from female flowers and terminal stem galls of B. neglecta from southcentral and southeastern Texas (Palmer [1987] and specimens examined). Three specimens collected on 25 April 1984 at Victoria, Tex., were reared from B. halimifolia.
”- 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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