Paracantha cultaris

Taxobox
name = "Paracantha cultaris"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota
ordo = Diptera
familia = Tephritidae
genus = "Paracantha"
species = "P. cultaris"
binomial = "Paracantha cultaris"
binomial_authority = (Coquillet, 1894)
synonyms ="Carphotricha culta"
"Paracantha culturis"
"Trypeta cultaris"

"Paracantha cultaris" is a species of tephritid fruit fly found in western North America, as far south as Costa Rica. The adult is mainly orange-brown in color. The maggots can be found inside sunflowers and the adult flies are usually nearby the sunflowers.