Euthauma ghentianum
| Euthauma ghentianum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephritini |
| Genus: | Euthauma |
| Species: | E. ghentianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Euthauma ghentianum Munro, 1949[1] | |
Euthauma ghentianum is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Euthauma of the family Tephritidae.[2]
E. ghentianum induces galls on the stems of Schistostephium crataegifolium which vary in size and shape. On main stems they are elongate and spindle shaped, about 20-25mm long and 5-7mm wide, and the stem grows past the gall. The galls become globose and the shoot ceases to grow when on side shoots.[1]
Distribution
References
- ^ a b Munro, H.K. (1949). "A new gall-forming trypetid from South Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 12: 130–133. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.