Urophora jaceana
Urophora jaceana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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 (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. Royal Entomological Society of London. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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