Eurosta
Genus of flies
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Eurosta is a genus of gall maker flies in the family Tephritidae (known as fruit flies in North America and picture wing flies in Europe).[5] There are seven species in the genus, all in North America.
| Eurosta | |
|---|---|
| Eurosta solidaginis female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Dithrycini |
| Genus: | Eurosta Loew, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acinia solidaginis | |
| Synonyms | |

Species
- E. comma (Wiedemann, 1830)[6]
- E. cribrata (Wulp, 1867)[7]
- E. fenestrata Snow, 1894[8]
- E. floridensis Foote, 1977[9]
- E. lateralis (Wiedemann, 1830)[6]
- E. latifrons (Loew, 1862)[10]
- E. solidaginis (Fitch, 1855)[2][11]