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Candle Flame-gall Tephritid

Aciurina luminaria

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 4, February 1, March 3, April 3, May 1, June 2, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 1, November 3, December 0.
New Mexico19
Utah3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyFruit Flies · Tephritidae
GenusAciurina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Candle Flame-gall Tephritid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.