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Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus, 1758) (a gall fly)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Redfern, M., 1968 The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads

Terellia serratulae may also 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

Terellia serratulae is associated with:

larva Helianthus annuus - Sunflower (Asteraceae) larva feeds on UK/Ireland Rare White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Carduus crispus - Welted Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Carduus nutans - Musk Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
larva Carduus pycnocephalus - Plymouth Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Carduus tenuiflorus - Slender Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Cirsium oleraceum - Cabbage Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on Foreign White, I.M., 1988
larva Cirsium tuberosum - Tuberous Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos larva Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (Asteraceae) larva feeds on UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988

There may be more taxa associated with Terellia serratulae listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Terellia serratulae:

larva larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Habrocytus elevatus - a parasitic wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M., 1968

Terellia serratulae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Redfern, M., 1968 The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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