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Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly
Urophora quadrifasciata
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), and because of this, it is used to control Centaurea maculosa.
From the article Urophora quadrifasciata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Europe & Kazakhstan, North Africa & Iran; introduced North America & Australia.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 470508.