Ensina sonchi | |
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Ensina sonchi Netherlands | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Genus: | Ensina |
Species: | E. sonchi |
Binomial name | |
Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767) |
Ensina sonchi is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae , the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . The larvae feed on the flower heads of Asteraceae (Chondrilla juncea, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Hieracium umbellatum, Hypochaeris radicata Sonchus arvensis , Taraxacum officinale ....). .