Urophora jaceana

Urophora jaceana
Urophora jaceana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Myopitini
Genus:	Urophora
Species:	U. jaceana
Binomial name
Urophora jaceana (Hering, 1935)[1]
Synonyms
Euribia jaceana Hering, 1935 Euribia conyrac Hering, 1934 Euribia conyzae Hering, 1934

Urophora jaceana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.[2] The host plant for the larvae is usually black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) or Centaurea debeauxii.[3]

Distribution

United Kingdom & Finland. South to France, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, east Russia; introduced to east Canada.

References

1. Hering, E.M. (1935). "Drei neue Bohrfliegen-Arten aus der Mark Brandenburg (Dipt. Trypetidae). (6. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae)". Maerkische Tierwelt. 1: 169–174.
2. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
3. White, Ian M. Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. Royal Entomological Society of London. Retrieved 19 February 2021.