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Tephritis dentata

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ14727975 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tephritis dentata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Tephritis of the family Tephritidae.

It is found in China.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tephritis dentata” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tephritis, dentata and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 23-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tephritis, dentata and species providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tephritis dentata”, the useful work is to connect “species of insect” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14727975. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Tephritis dentata primary sources, Tephritis dentata archive and Tephritis research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tephritis dentata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.