Utetes anastrephae (Viereck, 1913)
Bracanastrepha argentina Brèthes, 1924, the type species of Bracanastrepha, is a synonym (Wharton and Marsh 1978).
Opius mombinpraeoptantis Fischer, 1966 is also a synonym (Wharton and Marsh 1978).
There is some evidence that Utetes anastrephae may actually be a complex of closely related species. It is a widespread, color-variable species (note variation in black markings on mesonotum and abdomen in Figs 2-7 of the Description section below) and the only species of Utetes recorded repeatedly from different species of Anastrepha. It is also the only species of this species group known from continental US (Florida).
Relationships between ovipositor length, fruit morphology, competition, and host location: Sivinski et al. (2001); Sivinski and Aluja (2001); Paranhos et al. (2013).
There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.