Euleia heraclei
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Tephritoidea |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Euleia |
| Species: | E. heraclei |
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Euleia heraclei (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Euleia heraclei, known as the Celery fly or the Hogweed picture-wing fly is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Euleia of the family Tephritidae.
It is found on Hogweed (hence its specific name) and is a pest of celery and parsnips, where it damages the vegetables by leaf mining. The species is dimorphic in that its body can be either black or else orange-brown.
The males display on the upper surfaces of leaves on sunny days during May. Mating takes place when a female arrives (pictured). In Britain, the species is distributed widely across southern and central England; in Wales records are mainly near the coast.
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