Tephritis arnicae

Tephritis arnicae is a species of picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae,^[6] which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).^[7]

Tephritis arnicae
Tephritis arnicae female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. arnicae
Binomial name
Tephritis arnicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Musca arnicae Linnaeus, 1758 Trypeta flavicauda Meigen, 1826[1] Trypeta arnicivora Loew, 1844[2] Trypeta eggeri Frauenfeld, 1857[3] Tephritis melanotrichota Hendel, 1903[4] Tephritis malanotrichota Becker, 1905[5]

The larvae feed in the flowerheads of species of Arnica montana,^[8] Doronicum grandiflorum, D. austriacum and D. hungaricum.^[9][10]

It is found in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, south to France, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.^{[citation needed]}