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onion flynounA small fly whose larvae are a pest of onions.- The European Delia antiqua (family Anthomyiidae), and the American Tritoxa flexa (family Otitidae), which also attacks garlic.
Similarly, the leek moth Acrolepiopsis assectella Zeller and the onion fly Delia antiqua Meigen are both attracted to their respective host plants by the flavour volatiles....- It is the offspring of the onion fly, which sometimes flits about among the young onions at this season.
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