Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae: Tephritis sp.
Posted by Tony T on 14-05-2008 01:19
#1
13 May 2008, NB, Canada.
Strange white setae on back of head; remind me of teeth:D
For some reason I cannot edit the subject.
Edited by Tony T on 14-05-2008 21:58
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-05-2008 05:20
#2
Dear Tony, it is a
Tephritis. Most Tephritinae (almost 40% of the family) have such a white setae. The pic is incredible!
Posted by Tony T on 14-05-2008 13:14
#3
Nosferatumyia wrote:
Dear Tony, it is a Tephritis. Most Tephritinae (almost 40% of the family) have such a white setae. The pic is incredible!
Thanks; pity that they are not not larger; cannot appreciate their beauty with the naked eye.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-05-2008 17:58
#4
It is a male of
Tephritis angustipennis Lw. w/ slightly aberrant wing pattern, the only truly Holarctic species of tephritids; it is associated with Achillea ptarmica and other related species in N. Europe (incl. N Switzerland), Siberia, Canada & N USA.
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 14-05-2008 18:00
Posted by Tony T on 14-05-2008 21:52
#5
Many thanks, I didn't expect an ID to species; but certainly pleased to get one.
We have
A. ptarmica and
A. millefolium in NB.