Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tephritid?

Posted by miked on 23-01-2008 15:08
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On thistle (cirsium) thistle flower head

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 23-01-2008 17:44
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Despite it sits on a thistle flower head, it is 95% probability Terellia (Cerajocera) tussilaginis F. and 5% T.(C.) gynaecochroma (Hering)( (=lappae auctt.) the difference is mainly on the tip of ovipositor, but the wing pattern and slightly brown mesonotal vittae are more like in tussilaginis.