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Tephritis arnicae

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)
Synonyms
  • Trypeta flavicauda Meigen, 1826
  • Trypeta arnicivora Loew, 1844
  • Trypeta eggeri Frauenfeld, 1857]
  • Tephritis melanotrichota Hendel, 1903

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.



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