Tephritis arnicae explained

Tephritis arnicae is a species of picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae,^[1] which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).^[2]

The larvae feed in the flowerheads of species of Arnica montana,^[3] Doronicum grandiflorum, D. austriacum and D. hungaricum.^{[4] [5]}

Distribution

United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South to France, Bulgaria & Ukraine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tephritis arnicae: Classification. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 2015-11-08. 2015. Myers. P..
2. Norrbom . A.L. . Carroll . L.E. . Thompson . F.C. . White . I.M . Freidberg . A. . Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. . Myia . 1999 . 9 . vii + 524.
3. Web site: Heilpflanzen hydroponisch: Arnica montana. Hanf Journal Online. 2015-11-08. 2010-03-08. German.
4. Korneyev S. V., Mohamadzade Namin S,. Khaganinia S., Zarghani E. 2015. Palearctic species of the genus Tephritis (Diptera, Tephritidae) associated with plants of the tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) — Zootaxa: 4007(2) 207–216.
5. Merz, B. (1994). Diptera: Tephritidae. Insecta Helvetica Fauna, HGE press, Geneva, 10, 198 pp.