Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tephritis ♂ (Tephritis simplex)
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| christoophe |
Posted on 21-03-2016 20:10
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 Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Perhaps Tephritis goberti Collected in the Camargue. christoophe attached the following image:  [186Kb] Edited by christoophe on 27-03-2016 16:54 |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 25-03-2016 12:04
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Some other pics. I do not see matricariae or even less pulchra. christoophe attached the following image:  [194.54Kb] |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 25-03-2016 12:04
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
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christoophe attached the following image:  [182.54Kb] |
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| Severyn |
Posted on 26-03-2016 15:12
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 Member Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 81 Joined: 11.06.10 |
Hello! This one is known as Tephritis simplex (Loew, 1844). Very peculiar Mediterranean species. |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 26-03-2016 18:55
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Today I collected the female. Both were on Silybum marianum. Thank you Severin. |
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| Severyn |
Posted on 27-03-2016 01:03
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Member Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 81 Joined: 11.06.10 |
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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| christoophe |
Posted on 27-03-2016 08:26
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Silybum marianum are not in bloom. |
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| Severyn |
Posted on 27-03-2016 12:05
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Member Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 81 Joined: 11.06.10 |
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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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 27-03-2016 14:38
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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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| christoophe |
Posted on 27-03-2016 16:52
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
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. Edited by christoophe on 27-03-2016 16:52 |
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