Myopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Distribution This species is present in Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, France and Italy), 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 (Bactrocera oleae), an important pests of olive crops.Sónia A P Santos, Luis Mota, Ricardo Malheiro, Franceli Silva Changes in volatile compounds of Dittrichia viscosa caused by the attack of the gall-forming dipteran Myopites stylatus
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