Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Tephritis fallax

Tephritis fallax (Löw, 1844)

on Leontodon

gall

the larvae develop in the capitulum. the becomes swollen and remains closed.

hostplants

Asteraceae, ? narrowly monophagous

Leontodon hispidus

references

Baugnée (2006a), Korneev (2016c), Kütük (2006a), Merz & Kofler (2008a), Smit (2010a).

Last modified 23.vii.2018