''Tephritis hyoscyami '' is a species of

fly Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced m ...

in the family

Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila ''Drosophila'' () is a ge ...

, the gall flies. It is found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

. The larvae feed on ''

Carduus crispus ''Carduus crispus'', the curly plumeless thistle or welted thistle, is a biennial herb in the daisy family Asteraceae. ''C. crispus'' is native to multiple different countries all over Europe and Asia, but it is also naturalized in North America. ...

'', ''

Carduus nutans ''Carduus nutans'', with the common names musk thistle, nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to regions of Eurasia. Description ''Carduus nutans'' is usual ...

'', and ''

Cirsium ''Cirsium'' is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera ('' Carduus'', ''Sily ...

'' species.

Distribution

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South to

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, East

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, China.

References

Tephritinae Insects described in 1758 Diptera of Asia Diptera of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Tephritis-stub