Euaresta bella

{{short description|Species of fly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Euaresta bella (Tephritidae) - (female imago), Jefferson (NY), United States.jpg

| genus = Euaresta

| species = bella

| authority =(Loew, 1862){{cite journal |last1=Loew |first1=H. |title=Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I. |journal=Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections |date=1862 |volume=6 |issue=1 [= No. 141] |pages=xxiv + 221}}

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms = *Trypeta bella Loew, 1862

}}

Euaresta bella is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.{{cite journal |last1=Norrbom |first1=A.L. |last2=Carroll |first2=L.E. |last3=Thompson |first3=F.C. |last4=White |first4=I.M |last5=Freidberg |first5=A. |title=Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. |journal=Myia |date=1999 |volume=9 |pages=vii + 524}}{{cite book |last1=Foote |first1=Richard H. |last2=Blanc |first2=P.L. |last3=Norrbom |first3=Allen L. |title=Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico |date=1993 |publisher=Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing) |location=New York |isbn=9780801426230 |pages=xii, 571}}

The larvae feed on Ambrosia artemisiifolia, the only known host. There is one generation per year.[https://bugguide.net/node/view/15264 Bugguide.net. Species Euaresta bella]

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q13613677}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Euaresta Bella}}

Category:Tephritinae

Category:Insects described in 1862

Category:Diptera of North America

{{tephritinae-stub}}