Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae? --> Tephritis crepidis (male)
Posted by HTK on 19-04-2022 15:51
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Mechernich (Germany). This morning, 19 April 2022, on fresh shoots of funkia. Length about 0,5 – 0,7 cm. Tephritidae, could it be Tephritis sp.? I would be grateful for your opinion.
Edited by HTK on 21-04-2022 15:08
Posted by HTK on 19-04-2022 15:55
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Posted by HTK on 19-04-2022 15:55
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Posted by HTK on 19-04-2022 15:56
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Posted by Nosferatumyia on 19-04-2022 23:56
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85% Tephritis hyosciami (15%: T. hendeli). As it is a male, no closer approximation is possible.
Posted by Ben Hamers on 20-04-2022 10:03
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Difficult, but I think the wingpattern is typical for Tephritis crepidis. I have combined the second picture of HTK with one of mine to compare.
I've seen more Tephritis crepidis with rather reduced black pattern in wing, like in my second picture, which was a fly sitting for three days on the same Crepis biennis plant.
Ben
Posted by Ben Hamers on 20-04-2022 10:05
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second
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 20-04-2022 23:12
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Do agree with Ben after seeng it cropped and on the big monitor rather than on phone
Posted by HTK on 21-04-2022 14:54
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Hello Val and Ben,
thank you very much for the close examination and the interesting discussion of this fly and the final agreement on the species. So I think it is safe to count it as Tephritis crepidis. In case they are of interest to you I attach some additional pictures. Unfortunately the fly decided (after picture 1 above) to make off into the distance when I moved closer with the camera, and it was not seen again.
Best wishes,
Hans Theo
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