''Neotephritis finalis'', the sunflower seed maggot, is a species of fruit fly 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 ...

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Distribution

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References

Tephritinae Insects described in 1862 Diptera of North America {{tephritinae-stub