Tephritis bardanae
| Tephritis bardanae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Tephritis |
| Species: | T. bardanae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tephritis bardanae (Shrank, 1803) | |
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Tephritis bardanae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).
The larvae feed in the flower-heads (capitulae) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.[2]
The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 1 2 Margaret Redfern; Peter Shirley; Michael Bloxham (2011). British Plant Galls (2 ed.). Field Studies Council. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
Bibliography
- Merz, Bernhard (1994). Diptera Tephritidae. Fauna Helvetica 10. Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. p. 198.
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