Tephritis bardanae

Tephritis bardanae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).^[4]

Tephritis bardanae
Tephritis bardanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. bardanae
Binomial name
Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)[1]
Synonyms
Trupanea bardanae Schrank, 1803[1] Trypeta confusa Meigen, 1826[2] Xyphosia lappae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[3] Xyphosia arvensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[3]

The larvae feed in the flower-heads (capitula) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.^[5]

The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.^[5]

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