Urophora stylata

Urophora stylata
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Urophora
Species: U. stylata
Binomial name
Urophora stylata
(Fabricius, 1775)

Urophora stylata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3] The host plant for the larvae is usually a thistle of genus Cirsium or Carduus.[4]

References

  1. stylata
  2. http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
  3. Ian M, White, Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, page 64, vol 10, part 5a, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1988
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