Tephritis postica (Löw, 1844)

on Onopordum

gall

the receptacle is swollen and sclerified; inside a number of oval, vertically placed larval chambers, each housing a maggot or a puparium.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Onopordum acanthium, bracteatum, corymbosum, cynarocephalum, heteracanthum, illyricum, “leptolepis”, nervosum.

references

Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dirlbeck (1974a), El Harym & Belqat (2017a), Fazel, Fallahzadeh & Gheibi (2011a), Harizanova, Stoeva, Cristofaro ao (2010a), Karimpour (2011a), Korneev (2016c), Korneyev & Korneyev (2019a), Kütük (2006a), Kütük, Yaran, Torbali, ao (2019a), Merz & Blasco-Zumeta (1995a), Mohamadzade Namin & Nozari (2011a), Mohamadzade Namin, Nozari & Najarpoor (2010a), Mohamadzade Namin, Nozari & Rasoulian (2010a), Neuenschwander & Freidberg (1983a), Soltanizadeh, Saghaei & Ostovan (2015a), Zamani & Khaghaninia (2016a), Zarghani, Khaghaninia, Farshbaf Pour Abad & Gharali (2010a).