Tephritis bardanae

Tephritis bardanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. bardanae
Binomial name
	Tephritis bardanae; (Schrank, 1803)
Synonyms
	Trupanea bardanae Shrank, 1803; Trypeta confusa Meigen, 1826; Xyphosia lappae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Xyphosia arvensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830;

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 (capitula) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.^[2]

The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.^[2]

Tephritis bardanae.North Wales
in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen

References

^ "Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ ^a ^b 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. Vol. 10. Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. p. 198.

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[1] "Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[RedfernShirley2011-2] Margaret Redfern; Peter Shirley; Michael Bloxham (2011). British Plant Galls (2 ed.). Field Studies Council. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.

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