Anastrepha grandis

Anastrepha grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Anastrepha
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Anastrepha grandis
(Macquart, 1846)

Anastrepha grandis is a fruit fly, also known as the South American cucurbit fruit fly. It is a pest of various cultivated species of Cucurbitaceae, especially the pumpkin, squash and melon.[1] Anastrepha grandis is found in almost all South American countries.

  1. ^ "Anastrepha grandis (South American cucurbit fruit fly)". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2016-01-16.