Eurosta

Eurosta
	Eurosta solidaginis female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Tephritoidea
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Genus:	Eurosta; Loew, 1873

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).[1][2][3] There are seven species in the genus, all in North America.

Species

E. comma (Wiedemann, 1830)
E. cribrata (Wulp, 1867)
E. fenestrata Snow, 1894
E. floridensis Foote, 1977
E. lateralis (Wiedemann, 1830)
E. latifrons (Loew, 1862)
E. solidaginis (Fitch, 1855)[4]

File:Eurosta solidaginis larva

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Zurovchak, Joseph G.; Shealer, David A. (1996). "Mortality Sources of Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Inhabiting Single versus Double-Galled Stems of Goldenrod". American Midland Naturalist. The University of Notre Dame. 136: 94–100. doi:10.2307/2426634. JSTOR 2426634.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Zurovchak-4] Zurovchak, Joseph G.; Shealer, David A. (1996). "Mortality Sources of Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Inhabiting Single versus Double-Galled Stems of Goldenrod". American Midland Naturalist. The University of Notre Dame. 136: 94–100. doi:10.2307/2426634. JSTOR 2426634.