Sphenella fascigera

Sphenella fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Sphenella of the family Tephritidae,^[2] one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.^[3][4][5]

Sphenella fascigera
Tephritis fascigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Sphenella
Species:	S. fascigera
Binomial name
Sphenella fascigera Malloch, 1931[1]