Paracantha cultaris
| Paracantha cultaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Paracantha |
| Species: | P. cultaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracantha cultaris (Coquillet, 1894) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carphotricha culta | |
Paracantha cultaris is a species of tephritid fruit fly found in western North America, as far south as Costa Rica. The adult is mainly orange-brown in color. The maggots can be found inside sunflowers and the adult flies are usually nearby the sunflowers.