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Signate Fruit Fly

Trupanea signata

Small fruit fly with patterned wings, larvae develop in native thistles and wild sunflowers. Part of native seed dispersal ecology. Indicates healthy native plant populations.

Plants that support Signate Fruit Fly

2 plants

Cotton Batting Plant

Pseudognaphalium beneolens

moderate

perennial herb

Plant hosts larvae development; fly utilizes flowering stems and seed heads

Bay Area native

Pink Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum

high

annual

Larvae develop in plant tissues during growing season

Bay Area native