Botanophila seneciella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Anthomyiidae |
Genus: | Botanophila |
Species: | B. seneciella
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Binomial name | |
Botanophila seneciella | |
Synonyms | |
Botanophila seneciella, the ragwort seed fly or ragwort seed head fly, is a fly species in the family Anthomyiidae.
Larvae feed within seed heads of Jacobaea vulgaris (the tansy ragwort), often destroying all of the developing seeds. [4] It is also found feeding on Senecio vulgaris (the groundsel).
These flies originated in France. [5] Together with the cinnabar moth ( Tyria jacobaeae) and the tansy ragwort flea beetle ( Longitarsus jacobaeae), the ragwort seed fly can be used for the biological control of the tansy ragwort. [2] It has been approved and released for Senecio control in California, Australia and elsewhere.
Botanophila seneciella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Anthomyiidae |
Genus: | Botanophila |
Species: | B. seneciella
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Binomial name | |
Botanophila seneciella | |
Synonyms | |
Botanophila seneciella, the ragwort seed fly or ragwort seed head fly, is a fly species in the family Anthomyiidae.
Larvae feed within seed heads of Jacobaea vulgaris (the tansy ragwort), often destroying all of the developing seeds. [4] It is also found feeding on Senecio vulgaris (the groundsel).
These flies originated in France. [5] Together with the cinnabar moth ( Tyria jacobaeae) and the tansy ragwort flea beetle ( Longitarsus jacobaeae), the ragwort seed fly can be used for the biological control of the tansy ragwort. [2] It has been approved and released for Senecio control in California, Australia and elsewhere.