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Tephritidae
I originally thought that this insect was a plant hopper from the family Derbidae, mainly because of the way in which it is holding its wings. Thanks to an ID Suggestion from bayucca I can now, more correctly, call it an unidentified Tephritidae.
Spotted in our backyard on White Jute (Corchorus capsularis) known as Saluyot in the Philippines. Plant identification - http://www.stuartxchange.org/PasauNaBilo...
Thank you, bayucca, for the ID Suggestion and your comments. They are very much appreciated and, as you can see, I have updated my spotting accordingly. I have particularly taken note of your advice concerning the use of the family name and I have now called this spotting "Unidentified Tephritidae". I hope that is acceptable because I have been using that way to describe organisms when I don't know the subfamily, genus or species. I don't know if you have noticed, but in the Biodiversity of Singapore website, they often use expressions like "Tephritidae sp." I have always thought that sp., spp. and ssp. should only be attached to a genus name. I would like to hear your opinion on this, if you could spare a moment.
Thank you again, John B.
Usually we do not add the family name in the scientific field (only sometimes subfamily/tribe, but mostly name of genus or best species name. But in this case, we probably would not get closer than the family.
Spotted on Aug 21, 2023
Submitted on Aug 21, 2023
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