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Blackjack fly

Campiglossa sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)

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The blackjack fly (Campiglossa sororcula) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the blackjack fly

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blackjack fly live?

Not recorded

Is the blackjack fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blackjack fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusCampiglossa
  7. SpeciesCampiglossa sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)

Synonyms Acinia valida, Campiglossa valida, Dioxyna sorocula, Dioxyna sororcula, Ensina bisetosa, Ensina bisetosa var. nigrinotum, Ensina vacillans, Leptomyza variipennis, Oxyna varipennis, Palexorista parachrysops, Paroxyna sororcula f. madeirensis, Trypeta sororcula

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ウスモンケブカミバエJapanese
  • 長鞘寬頭實蠅Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blackjack fly

Other species in the same genus Campiglossa.

Wormwood fly

Campiglossa absinthii

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blackjack fly?

The blackjack fly (Campiglossa sororcula) belongs to the family Tephritidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blackjack fly (Campiglossa sororcula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackjack-fly

MLA

“Blackjack fly (Campiglossa sororcula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackjack-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{blackjack_fly_2026,
  title = {Blackjack fly (Campiglossa sororcula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackjack-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}