ABSTRACT
Mating would usually occur on leaves rather than on fruit and not necessarily on the host. This chapter presents a summation of behavioral descriptions based on a large group of non-frugivorous Tephritid species from a clearly defined geographic area which encompasses several ecosystems further diversified by climate. One of the most common elements of tephritid behavior is the stylistic movements of the often highly patterned wings. Different species of California tephritids can be strictly monophagous or generalists on a wide range of hosts independent of zoogeography. California tephritids also range from pale to highly distinctive in markings and coloration. Most tephritid species examined by D. H. Headrick and R. D. Goeden, have an aggregative-type mating system, and some of these species also exhibit aspects of other previously defined mating systems.
