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Merzomyia westermanni

Synonyms: Icterica tephritisoides; Icterica westermanni; Oxyphora cardui; Trypeta westermanni (homotypic); Westermannia tephritisioides

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Senecio vulgaris vulgaris (Common Ragwort)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Callogaeana festiva1
Longitarsus jacobaeae (Ragwort flea beetle)1
Maniola jurtina (Meadow Brown Butterfly)1
Sphenella marginata1
Tyria jacobaeae (cinnabar moth)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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