Tephritis webbii
Doane, 1899
Tephritis webbii is a of true fruit fly in the Tephritidae, first described by Doane in 1899. It belongs to the Tephritis, a group of small to medium-sized flies characterized by patterned wings. The species has been recorded in Canada and the United States. Information regarding its , plants, and specific preferences remains limited in the available literature.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Tephritis webbii: //ˈtɛf.rɪ.tɪs ˈwɛ.bi.aɪ//
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Distribution
Canada and the United States
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Taxonomic context
Tephritis webbii is part of a large of Tephritidae that has been subject to recent phylogenetic study. Severyn Korneyev, a in Tephritis , published a of the genus in 2020, though T. webbii (a Nearctic ) was not included in that Western Palaearctic revision.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
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