Tephritis leontodontis

Tephritis leontodontis
Tephritis leontodontis North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. leontodontis
Binomial name
Tephritis leontodontis (De Geer, 1776) [1]
Synonyms
Musca leontodontis De Geer, 1776 [1]

Tephritis leontodontis 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 Scorzoneroides autumnalis . ^[5]

References

1. De Geer, C. (1776). Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm: P. Hesselberg. pp. viii + 523 pp., 30 pls.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4 .
4. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
5. 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.