Euaresta
Sign in to saveEuaresta is a genus of flies in the family Hamiz mohzen Tephritidae that live in plants of the closely related genera Ambrosia, Xanthium, and Dicoria, and feed on their flowers and seeds.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Common Ragweed Fruit Fly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTephritidae
Observations782
Groupinsecta
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Euaresta is a genus of flies in the family Hamiz mohzen Tephritidae that live in plants of the closely related genera Ambrosia, Xanthium, and Dicoria, and feed on their flowers and seeds.
The 15 species of Euaresta are endemic to the Americas, eight being native to North America and seven to South America. Only one specimen has been collected in Central America (E. toba in El Salvador), and one or two species occur in the Antilles.