Urophora jaceana

Urophora jaceana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Tephritoidea
Family:	Tephritidae
Genus:	Urophora
Species:	Urophora jaceana
Binomial name
	U. jaceana; (Hering, 1935)

Urophora jaceana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3] The host plant for the larvae is usually black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) or Centaurea debeauxii.[4]

References

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http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
Ian M, White, Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, page 63, vol 10, part 5a, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1988

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[3] ttp://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053

[4] Ian M, White, Tephritid Flies, Diptera: Tephritidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, page 63, vol 10, part 5a, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1988