Biology:Urophora jaceana

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Short description: Species of fly

Urophora jaceana
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Urophora jaceana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Myopitini
Genus: Urophora
Species:
U. jaceana
Binomial name
Urophora jaceana
(Hering, 1935)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euribia jaceana Hering, 1935
  • Euribia conyrac Hering, 1934
  • Euribia conyzae Hering, 1934

Urophora jaceana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.[2] The host plant for the larvae is usually black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) or Centaurea debeauxii.[3]

Distribution

United Kingdom & Finland . South to France , Italy, Romania, Ukraine , east Russia ; introduced to east Canada .

References

  1. Hering, E.M. (1935). "Drei neue Bohrfliegen-Arten aus der Mark Brandenburg (Dipt. Trypetidae). (6. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae)". Maerkische Tierwelt 1: 169–174. 
  2. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database.". Myia 9: vii + 524. 
  3. White, Ian M. Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. Royal Entomological Society of London. https://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol10_Part05a%20White.pdf. Retrieved 19 February 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7900971 entry