Tephritis bardanae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).[4]
The larvae feed in the flower-heads (capitula) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.[5]
The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.[5]
Tephritis bardanae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).
The larvae feed in the flower-heads (capitula) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.
The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.
Tephritis bardanae.North Wales
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