''Anomoia'' is a largely

Oriental The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a meto ...

genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family

Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus '' Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae ...

. The name is frequently misspelled as '' Anomoea'', though the latter is a

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genus. The best known non Oriental species is ''Anomoia purmunda'' (Harris,

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In this species the length of the distinctively patterned wings is 3·7-5·0mm. Here the head and body are partly dull yellow to orange or yellow red, with strong, brown bristles.The face and lunula are yellow.The third segment of the antennae is red brown. Mesonotum with thick, grey pruinosity; mesophragm with two large brown spots.The scutellum is tomentose grey.The legs are yellow.The wings are rufous at the base and with brown spots and bands. The abdomen is reddish-brown, with grey pruinosity at the posterior edge.Séguy, E. (1934) ''Diptères: Brachycères''. II. ''Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae''. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 2
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Crataegus monogyna ''Crataegus monogyna'', known as common hawthorn, whitethorn, one-seed hawthorn, or single-seeded hawthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It grows to about tall, producing plant sexuality, hermaphrodite flowers i ...

'' and other ''Crataegus'', but also on the fruit of Rosaceae and Berberidaceae.

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