BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Urophora cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) (a gall fly)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urophora cardui | Larva | 30 August 2003 | Berks | England | 6 | |
| Urophora cardui | Male imago | 15 June 1997 | Berks | England | 2 | |
| Urophora cardui | Imago | 14 June 1997 | Berks | England | 1 | |
| Urophora cardui | Larva | 18 September 1968 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Urophora cardui may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Urophora cardui is associated with:
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larva | Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (Asteraceae) | larva causes gall of live stem | 
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Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [causes large swelling of stem] White, I.M., 1988 [multilocular gall] Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
There may be more taxa associated with Urophora cardui listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
Associated with Urophora cardui:
| larva | larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva | Habrocytus elevatus - a parasitic wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) | Redfern, M., 1968 | ||
| larva | larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva | Torymus cyanimus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) | Redfern, M., 1968 | ||
| larva | larva is endoparasitoid host of larva | Eurytoma tibialis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) | Redfern, M., 1968 |
Urophora cardui may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
References
| Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 | Plant Galls |
| Redfern, M., 1968 | The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads |
| Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 | Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls |
| White, I.M., 1988 | Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) |
