Myopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[2]
This species is present in Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, France and Italy), in the Near East and in North Africa.[3]
Myopites stylatus can reach a length of about 3 millimetres (0.12 in). These small tephritids have a yellow or pale brown mesonotum, a long oviscape and smooth or tuberculate aculeus in the females.[4]
Myopites stylatus forms galls on Dittrichia viscosa and its larvae are parasitized by several hymenopteran species, especially by the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae), an important pests of olive crops.[5][6][7]
Myopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
