Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae: Urophora jaceana? - conf. Valery
Posted by Stephen R on 15-07-2009 13:57
#1
Ovipositing and mating on Centaurea (nigra, I think) in a small water meadow in Yorkshire UK. It looks like the photos I have found of U jaceana, except that the two distal wing bars are separated in the male.
Edited by Stephen R on 22-09-2009 10:05
Posted by Stephen R on 15-07-2009 13:59
#2
female
Posted by Stephen R on 15-07-2009 14:01
#3
copula
Posted by Stephen R on 15-07-2009 14:02
#4
faces
Posted by Stephen R on 15-07-2009 14:03
#5
dorsal
Posted by Stephen R on 22-07-2009 14:53
#6
Sorry to resurrect this, but after seeing Jarif's new gallery pics I'm still not sure about the male wing pattern. Is the host plant enough to establish this as U jaceana, or is there another possibility?
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 21-09-2009 20:06
#7
Yes Stefen, the host plant is OK; its habitus is a bit different from the continental, but Ian White and I discussed that variability 20 years ago... There is nothing to chose from but
jaceana in the UK...
Posted by Stephen R on 22-09-2009 10:03
#8
Many thanks Valery.