Tephritis hyoscyami

Tephritis hyoscyami
Tephritis hyoscyami Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. hyoscyami
Binomial name
Tephritis hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Musca hyoscyami Linnaeus, 1758 Musca cinerea Linnaeus, 1764 Tephritis personatae Loew, 1869 [1] Tephritis hyosciami Rondani, 1871 [2] Musca leontodontis De Geer, 1776 [3]

Tephritis hyoscyami is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic. ^[4] The larvae feed on Carduus crispus , Carduus nutans , and Cirsium species. ^[5]

It is found in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia south to France, Romania and the Caucasus, east Russia, and China.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Loew, H. (1869). "Revision der europäische n Trypetina". Zeitschrift für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 34 (7/8): 1–24. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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.
3. De Geer, C. (1776). Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm: P. Hesselberg. pp. viii + 523 pp., 30 pls.
4. 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.
5. White, I. M. (1984). Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidea). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 5a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 134 pp. ISBN   0901546682.