Rural tephritis
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Tephritis ruralis is a fly from the family of bored flies (Tephritidae).
features
The drill flies reach a body length of 3.5 to 4 millimeters. Your barrel-shaped abdomen is dark brown to black in color. The mesonotum and labels are light brown-beige in color and have a black and white pattern. The frons are light brown-orange in color. The compound eyes shimmer green. The wings show a species-specific pattern of black and white spots. Two distinctive, wide, dark bands run across the wings.
The larvae are white.
distribution
Rural tephritis is widespread in Europe. They occur in the north as far as Scandinavia and Great Britain . In the south, the occurrence extends to North Africa.
Way of life
The typical habitat of the drill fly species is formed by dry grass areas . The adults fly from May to September. The larvae of rural tephritis are monophagous . Your host and food plants are eared hawkweed ( Hieracium lactucella ) and small hawkweed ( Hieracium pilosella ). They develop in a gall in the flower head of their host plant. Usually up to four larvae live in a single flower head. The larvae mainly feed on the seeds of their host plant. They eventually pupate in a cocoon in the flower head.
Taxonomy
The following synonyms can be found in the literature :
- Trypeta ruralis Loew , 1844
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Tephritis ruralis near Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 4, 2019
- ↑ a b c Tephritis ruralis . bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
Web links
- Tephritis ruralis at www.naturespot.org.uk
- Tephritis ruralis at www.biolib.cz