Banana stalk fly

Telostylinus lineolatus · Order: Diptera · Family: Neriidae

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Banana stalk fly
Photo: Franz Anthony, CC BY

Telostylinus lineolatus is a species of fly belonging to the genus Telostylinus. It is found widely across Oriental and Australasian regions.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is a fly in the genus Telostylinus.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The species occurs throughout Oriental and Australasian areas.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is widespread in the Oriental and Australasian zones.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Hawaii.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Banana stalk fly photo 3
Photo: Mike Bowie, CC BY
Banana stalk fly photo 4
Photo: Alessandro Franchini, CC BY
Banana stalk fly photo 5
Photo: unknown, CC0
Banana stalk fly photo 6
Photo: unknown, CC0

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telostylinus_lineolatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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