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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Myopitini » Urophora » Bull Thistle Gall Fly (Urophora stylata)

Species Urophora stylata - Bull Thistle Gall Fly

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Tephritinae
Tribe Myopitini
Genus Urophora
Species stylata (Bull Thistle Gall Fly)
Other Common Names
Seedhead Gall Fly
Size
males 4-5 mm, females larger
Food
on Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Life Cycle
Eggs hatch in 5-8 days. Third instar larvae overwinter in galls and pupate in June. Adults live about two months.
Remarks
Introduced to BC from Europe in 1973
Internet References
Fact sheet by D.W. Pierce(1)
Biocontrol of Bull Thistle in CA
Works Cited
1.Integrated Weed Control Project: Biological control agents
Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 January, 2010 - 3:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2016 - 6:45pm

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