Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae: Euaresta bullans ID by Valery

Posted by Isidro on 11-05-2009 12:28
#1
This small Tephritidae appeared this weekend in a patch of nettles (Urtica dioica) in a river forest at Calamocha, Teruel, NE Spain.

Could it be identified?

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Thanks,
Isidro
Edited by Isidro on 11-05-2009 15:47

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 11-05-2009 15:13
#2
Euaresta bullans Wd. infesting Xanthium flower heads. An adventive species introduced probably from Americas some 200-250 years ago.

Posted by Isidro on 11-05-2009 15:46
#3
Thanks a lot Valery. Your help is very much appreciated. You always help with these painted-winged flies (tephritids, ulidids, etc)