Urophora quadrifasciata

Urophora quadrifasciata
	Urophora quadrifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Myopitini
Genus:	Urophora
Species:	U. quadrifasciata
Binomial name
	Urophora quadrifasciata; (Meigen, 1826)[1]
Synonyms
	Trypeta quadrifaciata Meigen, 1826[1]; Trypeta quadrifasciata Meigen, 1826[1]; Urophora dejeanii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2];

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),[3] and because of this, it is used to control Centaurea stoebe.[4]

Distribution

Europe & Kazakhstan, North Africa & Iran; introduced North America & Australia.

References

Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42–54.
Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
White, Ian M. "Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae" (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (5a). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.

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[Meigen1826-1] Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42–54.

[Robineau-Desvoidy1830-2] Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[White1988-3] White, Ian M. "Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae" (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (5a). Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[Norrbom1999-4] Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.