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  8. Sunflower Seed Maggot

species 3,814 observations

Sunflower Seed Maggot

Neotephritis finalis

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

20 native plants
support it in the US
  • Host plants Plants it lives on or in Brittlebush 1
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Woolly Mule's Ears, Narrowleaf Mule-ears, Smooth Mule-ears, Northern Mule's Ears 7
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Brittlebush, Common Sunflower, Desert Sunflower, Common Yarrow 12

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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