Myopites stylatus


Myopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

Distribution

This species is present in Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.

Description

Myopites 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.

Biology

Myopites 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.