Tephritis Latreille, 1804
(a genus of gall flies)

Tephritis (a genus of gall flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tephritis (a genus of gall flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 10 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms 2 references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 2 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTephritis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis (a genus of gall flies)

Tephritis (a genus of gall flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tephritis (a genus of gall flies):

The larval stages feed in the capitula of various Asteraceae (Composites).

There is a single summer generation, but the adults can be found at most times of year. They are the only Tephritid flies to be found during the winter and are often encountered while searching grass tussocks etc for hibernating insects.

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