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Cecidochares connexa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Cecidocharini
Genus:	Cecidochares
Species:	C. connexa
Binomial name
Cecidochares connexa (Macquart, 1848)
Synonyms
Urophora connexa Macquart, 1848 Trypeta nigerrima Loew, 1862 Oedaspis leucotricha Schiner, 1868

Cecidochares connexa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Cecidochares of the family Tephritidae. It is used for biocontrol of invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata.

Distribution

Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil.

References

1. ^ Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1848). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 2.me supplement. (2):". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1847 (2): 161–237, 7 pls.
2. Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 6: 184–232. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In , Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
4. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
5. Cruz, Z.T., Muniappan, R., Reddy, G.V.P. (2007). Establishment of Cecidochares connexa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Guam and Its Effect on the Growth of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 845-850.

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• Tephritinae
• Insects described in 1848
• Diptera of South America
• Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
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