Myopites stylatusMyopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.DistributionThis species is present in Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.DescriptionMyopites stylatus can reach a length of about. These small tephritids have a yellow or pale brown mesonotum, a long oviscape and smooth or tuberculate aculeus in the females.BiologyMyopites stylatus forms galls on Dittrichia viscosa and its larvae are parasitized by several hymenopteran species, especially by the olive fruit fly, an important pests of olive crops.