Euaresta

Euaresta
	Euaresta aequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Euaresta; Loew, 1873
Type species
	Trypeta festiva; Loew, 1873
Synonyms
	Camaromyia Hendel, 1914; Setigeresta Benjamin, 1934;

Euaresta is a genus of flies in the family Tephritidae that live in plants of the closely related genera Ambrosia, Xanthium, and Dicoria, and feed on their flowers and seeds.[1]

The 15 species of Euaresta are endemic to the Americas, eight being native to North America and seven to South America. Only one specimen has been collected in Central America (E. toba in El Salvador), and one or two species occur in the Antilles.[1]

Euaresta bullans has been introduced, perhaps accidentally, from South America to California and Arizona, southern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and Australia, where it attacks spiny cocklebur (Xanthium spinosum). E. aequalis has been introduced to Fiji and Australia, to act as a biological control agent of common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium). E. bella was released in Europe to control ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), but did not become established there.[1]

Species

Fifteen species are recognised in the genus Euaresta:[1]

North America

E. aequalis (Loew, 1862)
E. bella (Loew, 1862)
E. bellula Snow, 1894
E. festiva Loew, 1862)
E. jonesi Curran, 1932
E. stelligera (Coquillett, 1894)
E. stigmatica (Coquillett, 1902)
E. tapetis (Coquillett, 1894)

South America

E. bullans Snow, 1894
E. meridionalis Aczel, 1952
E. philodema (Hendel, 1914)
E. regularis Norrbom, 1993
E. reticulata (Hendel, 1914)
E. toba (Lindner, 1928)
E. versicolor Norrbom, 1993

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External links

Key to species of Euaresta

References

Allen L. Norrbom (January 26, 2001). "Euaresta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)". The Diptera Site. Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

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[Norrbom-1] Allen L. Norrbom (January 26, 2001). "Euaresta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)". The Diptera Site. Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.