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Sunflower maggot

Strauzia longipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)

Status not recordedinsects

The sunflower maggot (Strauzia longipennis) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the sunflower maggot

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 sunflower maggot live?

Not recorded

Is the sunflower maggot 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 sunflower maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusStrauzia
  7. SpeciesStrauzia longipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)

Synonyms Strauzia armata, Strauzia inermis, Tephritis trimaculata, Trypeta cornifera, Trypeta cornigera, Trypeta longipennis, Trypeta longipennis var. confluens, Trypeta longipennis var. typica, Trypeta sepentaria, Trypeta septenaria, Trypeta serpentaria

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Sunflower maggot flyEnglish
  • mouche du tournesolFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sunflower maggot

Other species in the same genus Strauzia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sunflower maggot?

The sunflower maggot (Strauzia longipennis) 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). Sunflower maggot (Strauzia longipennis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sunflower-maggot

MLA

“Sunflower maggot (Strauzia longipennis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sunflower-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{sunflower_maggot_2026,
  title = {Sunflower maggot (Strauzia longipennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sunflower-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}