Tephritis conura | |
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Tephritis conura North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Tephritini |
Genus: | Tephritis |
Species: | T. conura
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Binomial name | |
Tephritis conura | |
Synonyms | |
Tephritis conura is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae , the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . [2] [3] [4] The larvae feed on Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium oleraceum. [5]
The species has been studied due to the presence of host races specializing on feeding on either of the thistle species C. heterophyllum or C. oleraceum. [6] This is a possible example of an early stage of ecological speciation.
United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South and East to Italy, Bulgaria & Caucasus.
Tephritis conura | |
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Tephritis conura North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Tephritini |
Genus: | Tephritis |
Species: | T. conura
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Binomial name | |
Tephritis conura | |
Synonyms | |
Tephritis conura is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae , the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . [2] [3] [4] The larvae feed on Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium oleraceum. [5]
The species has been studied due to the presence of host races specializing on feeding on either of the thistle species C. heterophyllum or C. oleraceum. [6] This is a possible example of an early stage of ecological speciation.
United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South and East to Italy, Bulgaria & Caucasus.