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Urophora cardui (Creeping Thistle Gall Fly)

Synonyms: Musca cardui (homotypic); Scatophaga flexuosa; Urophora reaumurii; Urophora sonchi

Wikipedia Abstract

Urophora cardui or the Canada thistle gall fly is a fruit fly which, contrary to its common name, is indigenous to Central Europe from the United Kingdom east to near the Crimea, and from Sweden south to the Mediterranean.
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Prey / Diet

Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)[1]
Cirsium oleraceum (Cabbage thistle)[2]
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0