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Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775) (a gall fly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Urophora stylata	Male imago	23 June 2005	North Wiltshire	England	8
Urophora stylata	In cop.	23 June 2005	North Wiltshire	England	11
Urophora stylata	Male imago	9 August 1997	Berks	England		1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Urophora stylata may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Urophora stylata is associated with:

	larva	Carduus crispus - Welted Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Carduus nutans - Musk Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Carduus pycnocephalus - Plymouth Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Cirsium eriophorum - Woolly Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva feeds on		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Carduus - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae)	larva causes gall of inflorescence		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	larva	Cirsium - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae)	larva causes gall of inflorescence		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	larva	Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva causes gall of receptacle		White, I.M., 1988
	larva	Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (Asteraceae)	larva causes gall of achene		White, I.M., 1988

There may be more taxa associated with Urophora stylata listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with Urophora stylata:

	larva (2nd instar)	larva (2nd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova	Eurytoma tibialis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)		Redfern, M., 1968
	larva (3rd instar)	larva (3rd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova	Habrocytus elevatus - a parasitic wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)		Redfern, M., 1968
	larva (3rd instar)	larva (3rd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova	Torymus cyanimus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)		Redfern, M., 1968
	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 stylata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References