Euleia heraclei
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Euleia heraclei is a fly from the family of bored flies (Tephritidae).
features
The flies reach a body length of 4.0 to 6.0 millimeters. Your thorax and abdomen are shiny yellow or blackish in color, the sides of the mesonotum have whitish longitudinal stripes. The post-cutellum is black. The species has conspicuously patterned wings with black bands. The face has a raised longitudinal rib.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals come from Europe to Central Asia. The larvae mine in various umbelliferae, such as hogweed ( Heracleum ), parsnips ( Pastinaca ) or water cloves ( Cicuta ) and can occasionally cause damage to celery and parsnips in agriculture.
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 .