Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritis ♂ (Tephritis simplex)

Posted by Severyn on 27-03-2016 01:03
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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.