Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritis ♂ (Tephritis simplex)
Posted by christoophe on 21-03-2016 20:10
#1
Perhaps
Tephritis goberti
Collected in the Camargue.
Edited by christoophe on 27-03-2016 16:54
Posted by christoophe on 25-03-2016 12:04
#2
Some other pics.
I do not see
matricariae or even less
pulchra.
Posted by christoophe on 25-03-2016 12:04
#3
other
Posted by Severyn on 26-03-2016 15:12
#4
Hello! This one is known as
Tephritis simplex (Loew, 1844). Very peculiar
Mediterranean species.
Posted by christoophe on 26-03-2016 18:55
#5
Today I collected the female.
Both were on
Silybum marianum.
Thank you Severin.
Posted by Severyn on 27-03-2016 01:03
#6
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.
Posted by christoophe on 27-03-2016 08:26
#7
Silybum marianum are not in bloom.
Posted by Severyn on 27-03-2016 12:05
#8
christoophe wrote:
Silybum marianum are not in bloom.
Hah) I am wrong, of course it is too early. On the other hand all
Tephritis species are overwintering as imago, so they can just seeking for the proper host plant.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 27-03-2016 14:38
#9
This group of species is associated with
Tragopogon. Flies often overwintering inside shrubs and grasses, and certainly have nothing to do with
Sylibum.
Posted by christoophe on 27-03-2016 16:52
#10
Camargue winters are mild and
Silybum quickly becomes exuberant. Indeed, it is a refuge plant for many insects and amphibians as
Hyla meridionalis.
Thank you both.
Edited by christoophe on 27-03-2016 16:52