Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844)

Kovac, D., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A Review Of Tephritidae And Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) Of Croatia, Zoodiversity 56 (5), pp. 349-372 : 356-357

Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844) ( figs 3 , a–b)

Strobl, 1893: 125, 1900: 625 — Zara.

Material. Karlovac: Modruš: Lug, 02.08.2021, 3 Ơ, 1 ♀, 22.05.2022, 2 Ơ, 16.08.2022, 1 Ơ; bei Senj Strasse, 03.08.2021, 1 Ơ; Richt. Lug, 06.08.2021, 3 Ơ, 1 ♀; Richtung Senj Strasse (“ Insektenzoo ”), 21.05.2022, 1 Ơ (Kovac leg.) ( SMNF) .

Remarks. Larvae infest flower heads of Cirsium spp. (Asteraceae) . Tephritis conura can be easily differentiated from other species of the genus by the combination of brown to black posterior notopleural and white posterior orbital setae.

Figures

Fig. 3. Tephritis conura (a–b) and T. fallax ♀ (c–e): a — head and thorax right; b, c — wing; d — habitus right; e — abdomen dorsal.