Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)

Harym, Younes El & Belqat, Boutaina, 2017, First checklist of the fruit flies of Morocco, including new records (Diptera, Tephritidae), ZooKeys 702, pp. 137-171 : 138

Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)

New records.

Morocco, Rif: Ksar Rimal, 5♂♂, 2♀♀, 05-VI-2013- Douar Tizga, 1♂, 25-VI-2014- Oued El Kebir, 1♀, 31-V-2015. Middle Atlas: Sensla, 1♂, 14-VII-2016 (net sweeping). Anti Atlas: Oued Massa (Pont Aghbalou), 1♀, 12-V-2015 (net sweeping); Centre Sidi Ouassay, 1♂, 12-V-2015; Aïn Boharroch, 1♀, 13-XII-2015; Atbane, 1♀, 14-V-2015; Oued Tamanarne, 1♂, 26-V-2015; Oued Drâa (Tahtah), 6♂♂, 7♀♀, 03-VI-2015; Jnane Makadir, 3♂♂, 1♀, 03-VI-2015; Kasbah Asma, 16♂♂, 13♀♀, 04-VI-2015 (net sweeping)- 7♂♂, 13♀♀, 10-VI-2015 (reared); Aït Aissa O Brahim, 1♀, 05-VI-2015; Oued Ziz (Pont Errachidia), 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 09-VI-2015; Oued Ouarzazate, 4♂♂, 2♀♀, 12-VI-2015 (net sweeping). First record for Morocco.

Host plants.

Flower heads of Hypochaeris radicata L. (Fig. 4) from which the specimens were reared.

World distribution.

South to North Africa, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Andorra, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Iran, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, India, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Philippines, Hawaii ( White and Elson-Harris 1992, Merz and Dawah 2005, Heřman and Dirlbek 2006, Gharajedaghi et al. 2012).