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Four Barred Knapweed Gall Fly

Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen 1826)

Associations

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Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea nigra
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea nigra var. nemoralis

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea aspera

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea cyanus

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea calcitrapa

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea jacea

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea scabiosa

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea solstitialis

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Centaurea paniculata
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Foodplant / gall
larva of Urophora quadrifasciata causes gall of capitulum of Serratula tinctoria

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Urophora quadrifasciata

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Urophora quadrifasciata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae. The host plant for the larvae is usually a knapweed (Centaurea sp),[3] and because of this, it is used to control Centaurea stoebe.[4]

Distribution

Europe & Kazakhstan, North Africa & Iran; introduced North America & Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b c Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42–54.
  2. ^ Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ White, Ian M. "Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae" (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (5a). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
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Urophora quadrifasciata: Brief Summary

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Urophora quadrifasciata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae. The host plant for the larvae is usually a knapweed (Centaurea sp), and because of this, it is used to control Centaurea stoebe.

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