Campiglossa misella (Loew, 1869)

Namin, S. Mohamadzade & Nozari, J., 2015, Fruit Flies Of The Genus Campiglossa (Diptera, Tephritidae) In Iran, With The Key To Species, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (3), pp. 251-260 : 255

Campiglossa misella (Loew, 1869) ( fig. 21–26 )

Material examined. Tehran: 5 km North East Abali , 2360 m, 35°50' N, 51°58' E, 29.08.2008 , 1 Ơ; Mazandaran: Haraz road, Rineh, South mountainside of Damavand , 35°52' N, 52°06' E, 2500 m, 24.07.2010, 2 ♀; (Mohamadzade leg.) .

Distribution. Iran: Tehran, Mazandaran, East Azerbaijan. General: throughout Europe, China ( Norrbom et al., 1999).

Diagnosis. Posterior notopleural seta black, femora black ( fig. 21–22 ); Stigma with one hyaline spot; cell br with 2 hyaline spots ( fig. 23 ); Ventral margin of the head shorter than head height ( fig. 26 ); Mesonotum with three brownish longitudinal bands ( fig. 22 ). Oviscape shorter than 4 posteriormost preabdominal tergites; apex of aculeus with one pair of not very prominent steps ( fig. 25 ).

Comments. This species is common throughout Palaearctics, from Europe to China, but very local in Iran. Larvae feed in flower heads of various wormwoods, first of all, mugwort and absinth ( Artemisia vulgaris L., A. absinthii L.), which occur mainly in the North-Western and Northern Iran. See also comments on C. absinthii .

Figures

Fig. 21–26. C. misella. 21 — Ơ, habitus, left; 22 — mesonotum, dorsally; 23 — wing (SIZK); 24 — aculeus, ventrally; 25 — same, enlarged (SMNC); 26 — head (SIZK)