Ensina_sonchi

<i>Ensina sonchi</i>

Ensina sonchi

Species of fly

Ensina sonchi is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae , the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic .[8] The head is light yellow head. Greenish body with yellow villae. The disc of the mesonotum is blackish. Black mesophragm. The legs and halteres are dirty yellow. Wings vitreous or opaline. Abdomen black: tergites tightly yellow at posterior margin with black villi; rufous sternites; Macrochaetes yellowish. Oviscapte black, apex and sides rufous, with fine, yellowish villi. -Long. : 3-3.5 mm.[9][10][11] The larvae feed on the flower heads of Asteraceae (Chondrilla juncea, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Hieracium umbellatum, Hypochaeris radicata Sonchus arvensis , Taraxacum officinale ....).[12]

Quick Facts Ensina sonchi, Scientific classification ...

Distribution

United Kingdom & Scandinavia South to North Africa, East to Japan; introduced to Ethiopia, Taiwan, Philippines, Hawaii.

References

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    Hering, E.M. (1953). "Neue Fruchtfliegen von China, Vorderasien, Brasilien und Guatemala". Siruna Seva. 8: 1–16.
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    Shiraki, T. (1968). "Fruit flies of the Ryukyu Islands (Diptera: Tephritidae)". U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 263: 104.
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    Fauna Europaea
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    Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
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    Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
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    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.
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    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.


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