Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritis maticariae / fallax ?

Posted by Simon Oliver on 24-08-2023 10:25
#1

Is it possible to distinguish between these two species based on wing pattern? I have downloaded images from the internet of the two and find it very hard to see any clear difference. Or is another feature needed?

I have a few photos where I have this problem and am attaching one, from Yegen, Andalucia, Spain on a wall in the village, 30 April. Can this be assigned a species?

Thank you.

Posted by benoit on 01-12-2023 07:49
#2

Third small hyaline spot reaching costal margin of wing in cell r2+3 is rounded. This point toward *maticariae*.