Botanophila seneciella (Meade, 1892)
(Ragwort Seedhead Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBotanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly)
GenusBotanophila (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly) :
1: Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
10 Aug 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Frothy exudates from centre of Ragwort capitula
Image 1: Infected capitula - side view - close-upImage 2: Infected Ragwort inflorescenceImage 3: Female - dorsal wiew - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - lateral wiew - highly enlargedImage 5: Female - lateral wiew - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Infected capitula - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Infected capitulum - LS - highly enlargedImage 8: Infected capitulum - LS - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 10: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 12: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (4)Image 13: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (5)Image 14: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (6)Image 15: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (7)Image 16: Male - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 17: Male - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: Male - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 19: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 20: Male - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 21: Male - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 22: Male - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 23: Male - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 24: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 25: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 26: Puparia - highly enlargedImage 27: Puparia - magnifiedImage 28: Larva (anterior on right) - magnifiedImage 29: Larva - anterior end - magnifiedImage 30: Larva - anterior spiracle - magnifiedImage 31: Larva - anterior spiracle - microscope low magnificationImage 32: Larva - anterior spiracle - microscope low magnification (2)Image 33: Larva - anterior spiracle - microscope low magnification (3)Image 34: Larva - anterior spiracle - microscope low magnification (4)Image 35: Larval mouthparts - microscope low magnificationImage 36: Larval mouthparts - microscope low magnification (2)Image 37: Larval mouthparts - microscope low magnification (3)Image 38: Larval mouthparts - microscope low magnification (4)Image 39: Larva - posterior end - magnifiedImage 40: Larva - posterior end papillae - magnifiedImage 41: Larva - posterior end - ring of papillae with spiracles in centre - magnifiedImage 42: Larva - posterior end - ring of papillae with spiracles in centre - magnified (2)Image 43: Larva - posterior end - ring of papillae with spiracles in centre - magnified (3)Image 44: Larva - posterior spiracle - magnifiedImage 45: Larva - posterior spiracle - microscope low magnificationImage 46: Larva - posterior spiracle - microscope low magnification (2)Image 47: Larva - posterior spiracles - microscope low magnification
2: Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
12 Aug 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Ragwort capitulum with associated froth
Image 1: Froth among disc florets of Ragwort is a clue to its presenceImage 2: Froth among disc florets of Ragwort is a clue to its presence (2)Image 3: Larva inside Ragwort capitulumImage 4: Larva inside Ragwort capitulum (2)Image 5: Larva inside Ragwort capitulum (3)Image 6: Larva inside Ragwort capitulum (4)Image 7: Larva inside Ragwort capitulum (5)

Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Botanophila seneciella (Ragwort Seedhead Fly)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)