Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tephritidae - Campiglossa species
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| empeejay |
Posted on 05-01-2011 16:14
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I could do with some help identifying this old female Tephritidae. Apologies for the condition but it was one of my earliest captures. It was taken on 27 July 1976 in a country garden at Browston, Norfolk, England. I have no record of the circumstances in which it was found. Wing length is 3.8mm. I have never managed to get beyond Campiglossa solidaginis using the keys I have (British, Swiss and Dutch). The only other alternative is C. misella but it doesn't look much like other specimens of that species I have. There was no Solidago growing in the garden at that time but it could have been present in adjacent gardens. empeejay attached the following image:  [177.24Kb] |
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| empeejay |
Posted on 05-01-2011 16:15
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Crop
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| empeejay |
Posted on 05-01-2011 16:15
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Abdominal pattern
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 05-01-2011 17:57
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I cannot absolutely surely tell from this particular FEMALE (certainly only male genitalia talk true), but it, indeed, loex more like solidaginis. All Campiuglossa can travel around, hilltop and hide in juniper crowns at cold time, so the host plant could be in a far far side, either Artemisia (for misella) or Solidago (for solidaginis).
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| empeejay |
Posted on 06-01-2011 22:51
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Thanks Valery. I'll just have to hope I come across a corresponding male. |
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