page_title: Tephritis formosa
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Tephritis formosa / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Tephritis formosa, mating pair. Piani di Praglia, Genova, Italy
context_page_description: Tephritis formosa is a species of tephritid fly. It is one of many species known commonly as gall fly.
context_section_description: The adult male of Tephritis formosa is 4 to 5 mm long with wings about 4 mm long. The females are about 5 to 6 mm in length with wings of about 4 to 5 mm. The thorax and the abdomen are brownish. The head shows yellow-reddish eyes. The abdomen of the females ends in a tapered ovipositor, while it is rather rounded in males. The legs are yellowish. These small flies have light beige wings with large dark brown markings and small hyaline areas. The apical fork is missing. There are only some brown spots at end of veins R4+5 and M.
caption: Mating pair
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