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Tephritis ♂ (Tephritis simplex)
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Posted on 21-03-2016 20:10
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Perhaps Tephritis goberti
Collected in the Camargue.
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Some other pics.
I do not see matricariae or even less pulchra.
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Hello! This one is known as Tephritis simplex (Loew, 1844). Very peculiar
Mediterranean species.
 
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Today I collected the female.
Both were on Silybum marianum.
Thank you Severin.
 
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christoophe wrote:
Today I collected the female.
Both were on Silybum marianum.
Thank you Severin.


Interesting, according to Merz, 1994 the host plant is Crepis albida. Probably specimens just fed on flowers of Silybum plant.
 
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Silybum marianum are not in bloom.
 
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christoophe wrote:
Silybum marianum are not in bloom.


Hah) I am wrong, of course it is too early. On the other hand all Tephritis species are overwintering as imago, so they can just seeking for the proper host plant.
 
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This group of species is associated with Tragopogon. Flies often overwintering inside shrubs and grasses, and certainly have nothing to do with Sylibum.
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Camargue winters are mild and Silybum quickly becomes exuberant. Indeed, it is a refuge plant for many insects and amphibians as Hyla meridionalis.
Thank you both.
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