species 2,737 observations
Cotton-gall Tephritid
Aciurina bigeloviae
Field notes
Aciurina bigeloviae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae. It induces galls by laying an egg on the bud of a Ericameria nauseosa plant, which forms a gall that the larvae develops within through the fall.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided