Tephritis arnicae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Genus: | Tephritis |
Species: | T. arnicae |
Binomial name | |
Tephritis arnicae (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Tephritis arnicae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).
The larvae feed in the flower-heads of species of Arnica montana,Doronicum grandiflorum, D. austriacum and D. hungaricum.