Urophora stylata
Female
Male
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. stylata
Binomial name
Urophora stylata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms

Urophora stylata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.[8] The host plant for the larvae is usually a thistle of genus Cirsium or Carduus.[9]

It has been introduced in North America as a biocontrol of C. vulgare, which has become an invasive species.[10]

Distribution

Throughout Europe East to Japan; introduced to India, Pakistan, Australia, North America.

References

  1. 1 2 Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Schrank, F. von P. (1803). Favna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Krull, Landshut. pp. viii + 1–372 pp.volume=3.
  3. 1 2 Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz (1805). "Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten". Felsecker, Nurnberg. Nuremberg. 54: 24 pp, 24.
  4. Lioy, P. (1864). "I ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale". Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 3: 1087–1126.
  5. 1 2 Rondani, Camillo (1870). "Ortalidinae italicae collectae, distinctae et in ordinem dispositae [part]". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 2: 105–133. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. Hendel, F. (1927). "Trypetidae". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 49 (5, 16): 1–64, pls. 1-4.
  7. Hering, E.M. (1938). "Neue altweltliche Böhrfliegen. 17. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae (Dipt.)". Konowia. 16[1937]: 243–251.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Washington State University. Integrated Weed Control Project


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