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Wheat bulb fly

Delia coarctata (Fallén, 1825)

Status not recordedinsects

The wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata) is a species in the family Anthomyiidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the wheat bulb fly

Weight
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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 wheat bulb fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wheat bulb fly as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the wheat bulb 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 wheat bulb fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAnthomyiidae
  6. genusDelia
  7. SpeciesDelia coarctata (Fallén, 1825)

Synonyms Anthomyza leptogaster, Aricia paralleliventris, Delia garbiglietti, Delia paralleliventris, Hylemyia garbiglietti, Leptohylemya coarctata, Musca coarctata

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • květilka obilnáCzech
  • BrakflueDanish
  • brakkflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • Slanke graanvliegDutch
  • brakkflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Озимая мухаRussian
  • kvetárka obilnáSlovak
  • rågbroddflugaSwedish
  • Smalle graanvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wheat bulb fly

Other species in the same genus Delia.

Onion fly

Delia antiqua

AnthomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Onion fly

Delia platura

AnthomyiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wheat bulb fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wheat bulb fly as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wheat bulb fly?

The wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata) belongs to the family Anthomyiidae 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). Wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-bulb-fly

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“Wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-bulb-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{wheat_bulb_fly_2026,
  title = {Wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-bulb-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}