Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tephritidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Tephritis | |
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Similar Tephritis, Tephritis neesii, Xyphosia, Xyphosia miliaria, Tephritis formosa | ||
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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 (capitulae) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.
The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.
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