Tephritis formosa (Loew, 1844)
(a gall fly)

Interactions where Tephritis formosa is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva causes swelling of capitulum UK/Ireland Sonchus arvensis Perennial Milk-thistle, Perennial Sow-thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis formosa/Tephritis formosaa gall flylarva Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus arvensis/Sonchus arvensisperennial milk-thistle, perennial sow-thistlecapitulum
larva larva causes swelling of capitulum Foreign+?UK/Eire Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis formosa/Tephritis formosaa gall flylarva Foodplant / false gallConfirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus asper/Sonchus asperprickly sow-thistlecapitulum
larva larva causes swelling of capitulum Foreign Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sow-thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis formosa/Tephritis formosaa gall flylarva Foodplant / false gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus oleraceus/Sonchus oleraceussmooth sow-thistlecapitulum
larva larva causes swelling of capitulum Foreign Sonchus palustris Marsh Sow-thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis formosa/Tephritis formosaa gall flylarva Foodplant / false gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus palustris/Sonchus palustrismarsh sow-thistlecapitulum

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Tephritis formosa (a gall fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis formosa (a gall fly)
GenusTephritis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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 formosa (a gall fly)

Tephritis formosa (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tephritis formosa (a gall fly):

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