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Urophora jaceana
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Urophora jaceana

Urophora jaceana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae. The host plant for the larvae is usually black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) or Centaurea debeauxii.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Knapweed Gall-fly

speciesUrophora jaceana

Nodding Thistle Gall Fly

speciesUrophora solstitialis

Greater Knapweed Gall Fly

speciesUrophora cuspidata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1354353.