Eutreta diana

Eutreta diana is a species in the family Tephritidae, known as fruit flies in North America and picture wing flies in Europe.^[4] Females lay eggs in vegetative buds of several species and subspecies of sagebrush in western North America.^[5] Larvae induce woody galls near their oviposition site and feed on the plant internally until they mature. Adults have "pale green eyes, white-dotted black wings, and bright red abdomens" (Goeden 1990).^[5] Growth of galls coincides with spring seasonal growth of sagebrush. There is one generation per year.

Eutreta diana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Eutretini
Genus:	Eutreta
Species:	E. diana
Binomial name
Eutreta diana (Osten-Sacken, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
Trypeta diana Osten Sacken, 1877[1] Eutreta jonesi Curran, 1932[2] Eutreta diana var. tricolor Snow, 1894[3]

Distribution

Canada, United States.