Poecilothea

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Diptera

| zoosectio = Schizophora

| zoosubsectio = Acalyptratae

| superfamilia = Tephritoidea

| familia = Tephritidae

| genus = Poecilothea

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Poecilothea is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt|title=ITIS Standard Report - Error|publisher=itis.gov|accessdate=2014-06-28}}{{cite web|url=http://nomen.at/Poecilothea|title=Poecilothea - Nomen.at - animals and plants|publisher=nomen.at|accessdate=2014-06-28}}{{cite web|url=http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053|title=Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal|publisher=data.gbif.org|accessdate=2014-05-27}}