Thread subject: Diptera.info :: TEPHRITIDAE?
Posted by pf1331fp on 06-12-2010 00:10
#1
Dear all
can you help me with this
Crete 05April2010 altitude 100 SOUTH COAST
MANY THANKS
paul
Posted by Roger Thomason on 06-12-2010 01:46
#2
Tephritis conura at a guess! Wings seem to match the ones in the Gallery!
Posted by pf1331fp on 07-12-2010 09:11
#3
Roger,
thanks Paul
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 07-12-2010 11:16
#4
Paul, could U please add a blow-up central portion of the picture?
The fly looks to have a normal white notopleural bristle (only black in conura). It can be also a species from leontodontis group (I do not have White 1988 book at hand right now to see, what could it be exactly).
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 07-12-2010 11:50
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 13-12-2010 21:41
#5
My guess is either
Tephritis separata or
T. mutabilis. The first has been recorded from UK (but as mixed with
T. divisa). The second is known from Alps only. In any case, it is worth of collecting in numberz (perhaps the host plant too) and further studies by a specialist.