BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)
ACALYPTRATA
(acalypterate flies)
TEPHRITIDAE
(gall flies, greater fruit flies)
Acanthiophilus helianthi
(a gall fly)
<- back - fore ->

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi, 1794) (a gall fly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Acanthiophilus helianthi Male imago 27 June 1998 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Acanthiophilus helianthi 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

Acanthiophilus helianthi is associated with:

Photos larva Carlina vulgaris - Carline Thistle (Asteraceae) larva causes gall of receptacle Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos larva Leucanthemum vulgare - Oxeye Daisy, Moon-daisy, Marguerite (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Xanthium spinosum - Spiny Cocklebur (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Carduus - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Carlina vulgaris - Carline Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Carthamus lanatus - Downy Safflower (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Carthamus tinctorius - Safflower (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Centaurea aspera - Rough Star-thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Centaurea calcitrapa - Red Star-thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Centaurea cyanus - Cornflower (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Centaurea jacea - Brown Knapweed (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed, Lesser Knapweed, Hardheads (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Centaurea solstitialis - Yellow Star-thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
larva Cnicus benedictus - Blessed Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Cynara scolymus - Globe Artichoke (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Serratula tinctoria - Saw-wort (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Scolymus hispanicus - Golden Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Sonchus oleraceus - Smooth Sow-thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds within capitulum Foreign White, I.M., 1988

There may be more taxa associated with Acanthiophilus helianthi listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Acanthiophilus helianthi:

Acanthiophilus helianthi may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales