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Swiss Cheese Tephritid
Merzomyia westermanni
Merzomyia westermanni is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Merzomyia of the family Tephritidae.It is a medium-sized fly also commonly known as the ‘Swiss Cheese Tephritid’. Its wings, which span up to 7.1 mm, are intricately patterned with reticulated golden-brown markings. A distinct clear patch of irregular size and shape is displayed in the center of each wing. It possesses two pairs of strong dorsal setae on the thorax, dark orange legs,...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 736535.