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Urophora quadrifasciata (Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly)

Synonyms: Euribia armeniaca; Trypeta quadrifaciata; Trypeta quadrifascia; Trypeta quadrifasciata (homotypic); Urophora dejeanii

Wikipedia Abstract

Urophora quadrifasciata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae. The host plant for the larvae is usually a knapweed (Centaurea sp).
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Infraspecies

Urophora quadrifasciata algerica
Urophora quadrifasciata quadrifasciata

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries 3859 England, United Kingdom
Breckland 18652 England, United Kingdom
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom
Wimbledon Common 861 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Centaurea jacea (Brown Knapweed)[1]
Centaurea nigra (Lesser Knapweed)[1]
Centaurea paniculata (Jersey knapweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological 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