Tephritis conura

Tephritis conura is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic .^[2][3][4] The larvae feed on Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium oleraceum.^[5]

Tephritis conura
Tephritis conura North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. conura
Binomial name
Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
Trypeta conura (Loew, 1844)[1]

The species has been studied due to the presence of host races specializing on feeding on either of the thistle species C. heterophyllum or C. oleraceum.^[6] This is a possible example of an early stage of ecological speciation.

Distribution

United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South and East to Italy, Bulgaria & Caucasus.