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Anastrepha amita Zucchi

Recognition
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Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: amita. Author: Zucchi.
Relationships among the species of Anastrepha were analyzed by Norrbom et al. (1999) and McPheron et al. (1999). Click here for more detailed discussion of Anastrepha phylogeny. Anastrepha amita has been placed in the fraterculus species group.

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha amita Zucchi 1979: 35.
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Type Data
Holotype - Female (USP), Brazil: Bahia: Cruz das Almas.

Distribution
Anastrepha amita is known only from Trinidad & Tobago and Brazil (Maranhão, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Bahia, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).
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Biology
The only known host plant of Anastrepha amita is

Economic Significance
Anastrepha amita 

References
Key references are listed below. See fruit fly literature database for additional references.
Kovaleski et al. 1999: 230 [Brazil].
Malavasi, A. & R. A. Zucchi, eds. 2000. Moscas-das-frutas de importância econômica no Brasil. Conhecimento básico e aplicado. Holos, Riberão Preto. 327 p. [Brazil]
McPheron, B. A., H.-Y. Han, J. G. Silva & A. L. Norrbom. 1999. Phylogeny of the genera Anastrepha and Toxotrypana (Trypetinae: Toxotrypanini) based upon 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA sequences, p. 343-361. In M. Aluja & A. L. Norrbom, eds., Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton. [16] + 944 p. [phylogeny]
Norrbom, A. L., R. A. Zucchi & V. Hernández-Ortiz. 1999. Phylogeny of the genera Anastrepha and Toxotrypana (Trypetinae: Toxotrypanini) based on morphology, p. 299-342. In M. Aluja & A. L. Norrbom, eds., Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton. [16] + 944 p.  [classification & phylogeny]
Stone, A. 1942. The fruitflies of the genus Anastrepha. U. S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 439, 112 pp. [revision]