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Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840) (a gall fly)

Suggested Literature

Tephritis cometa may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
ACALYPTRATA
(acalypterate flies)
TEPHRITIDAE
(gall flies, greater fruit flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tephritis cometa is associated with:

Photos larva Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988

There may be more taxa associated with Tephritis cometa listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Tephritis cometa:

Tephritis cometa may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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