Anastrepha striata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Anastrepha
- Species: Anastrepha striata
Visual Description
Anastrepha striata is a small to medium-sized fruit fly, typically exhibiting a yellow-brown body coloration. The thorax is marked with distinct patterns, and the wings feature characteristic yellow-brown bands [2]. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset confirm these general morphological features, showing the typical tephritid body form with patterned wings [1].
Biology and Ecology
Anastrepha striata is a common fruit fly species found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, with a range extending from Mexico south to Bolivia and Brazil, including Trinidad [2]. While it has been collected in the southern United States, it is not considered established there [2].
The species is recognized as a pest of quarantine significance, particularly for tropical fruits in dooryard plantings [2]. Its preferred host is guava (Psidium guajava), though it also attacks mango, various Spondias species, orange, peach, avocado, and sapodilla [2].
Unique among Anastrepha species, A. striata exhibits trophallaxis—the transfer of substances between individuals via mouthparts—as part of its mating behavior [2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Anastrepha / striata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Howard V. Weems; Thomas R. Fasulo. Guava Fruit Fly, Anastrepha striata Schiner (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae). EDIS. 1969. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in544-2002.