Acidia cognata
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Acidia cognata is a fly from the family of bored flies (Tephritidae).
features
The flies reach a body length of 6.5 to 7.0 millimeters. Her body is shiny red-yellow in color, the head is white-yellow and shimmers silver. The welt on the forehead is dull. The shoulder bumps and the side welts are white-yellow up to the wings. The wings are strikingly colored and have five yellowish and brown spotted bands that are connected to one another. The first band begins at the base of the wing with a square spot, the third runs over the Tp vein, parallel to the narrow second band with which it meets at the rear edge of the wing. The fifth band is on the wing tip and is connected to the third band along the wing leading edge, parallel to the fourth band.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals are widespread in Central and Northern Europe. The larvae mine in the leaves of coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara ) and butterbur ( Petasites ).
supporting documents
literature
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Flies and Mosquitoes. Observation, way of life . 1st edition. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena and Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 .
