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 :)