Paracantha cultaris is a species of tephritid fruit fly found in western North America, as far south as Costa Rica.[3] The adult is mainly orange-brown in color. The maggots can be found inside sunflowers and the adult flies are usually nearby the sunflowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Paracantha |
| Species: | P. cultaris
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| Paracantha cultaris (Coquillett, 1894)[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Coquillett, Daniel William (1894). "New North American Trypetidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 26: 71–75. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Malloch, J.R. (1933). "Acalyptrata". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 6: 177–391.
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.