Signate Fruit Fly
Trupanea signata
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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
perennial herb
Plant hosts larvae development; fly utilizes flowering stems and seed heads
Bay Area native
Pink Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum
annual
Larvae develop in plant tissues during growing season
Bay Area native