Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small orange fly with patterned wings.

Posted by peterbolson on 12-07-2010 13:50
#1

I found this in my conservatory. WL 7mm. no spines along front edge of wing.
Thanks. Peter

Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 12-07-2010 14:10
#2

Tephritidae. Me thinks.

Edited by Daniel Whitmore on 12-07-2010 14:19

Posted by saeed on 12-07-2010 14:27
#3

Wing pattern is Look likes Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)

Posted by peterbolson on 12-07-2010 14:54
#4

Thanks Daniel & Saeed. I see the larvae mine the leaves of coltsfoot and butterbur, both of which are common around here.
Peter

Posted by saeed on 12-07-2010 16:57
#5

Yes, they are true host plants of Acidia cognata :)