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Clouded wormwood fly

Oxyna parietina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The clouded wormwood fly (Oxyna parietina) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the clouded wormwood fly

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

Where does the clouded wormwood fly live?

Not recorded

Is the clouded wormwood 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 clouded wormwood fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusOxyna
  7. SpeciesOxyna parietina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Musca parietina, Oxyna cinerea, Oxyna pantherina, Tephritis fulvimaculata, Tephritis pantherina

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • 산과실파리Korean
  • BijvoetboorvliegDutch
  • Оксина постеннаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clouded wormwood fly

Other species in the same genus Oxyna.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the clouded wormwood fly?

The clouded wormwood fly (Oxyna parietina) belongs to the family Tephritidae in the order Diptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clouded wormwood fly (Oxyna parietina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-wormwood-fly

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BibTeX
@misc{clouded_wormwood_fly_2026,
  title = {Clouded wormwood fly (Oxyna parietina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-wormwood-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}