Urophora jaceana

Urophora jaceana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Urophora
Species: Urophora jaceana
Binomial name
U. jaceana

Urophora jaceana 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 Centaurea nigra or Centaurea debeauxii.[4]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ jaceana
  3. ↑ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
  4. ↑ Ian M, White, Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, page 63, vol 10, part 5a, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1988


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