Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)
(Burdock Fly)

Interactions where Tephritis bardanae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
larva		larva feeds on achenes			Arctium	burdocks	Asterales: Asteraceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium/	Arctium	burdocks			achenes
larva		larva causes gall of capitulum			Arctium	burdocks	Asterales: Asteraceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium/	Arctium	burdocks			capitulum
larva		larva feeds on achenes			Arctium lappa	Greater Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/	Arctium lappa	greater burdock			achenes
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Arctium lappa	Greater Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/	Arctium lappa	greater burdock			capitulum
larva		larva feeds on achenes			Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium minus/	Arctium minus	lesser burdock			achenes				(-8)
larva		larva causes gall of capitulum			Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium minus/	Arctium minus	lesser burdock			capitulum				(-8)
larva		larva feeds on achenes			Arctium nemorosum	Wood Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium nemorosum/	Arctium nemorosum	wood burdock			achenes
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Arctium nemorosum	Wood Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium nemorosum/	Arctium nemorosum	wood burdock			capitulum
larva		larva feeds on achenes			Arctium tomentosum	Woolly Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium tomentosum/	Arctium tomentosum	woolly burdock			achenes
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Arctium tomentosum	Woolly Burdock	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/	Tephritis bardanae	burdock fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium tomentosum/	Arctium tomentosum	woolly burdock			capitulum

Author & Year	Title	Source
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992	Plant Galls	Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
Genus	Tephritis (a genus of gall flies)
Family	TEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
Superfamily	TEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tephritis bardanae is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)

Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TEPHRITIDAE
(gall-flies, greater fruit flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly):

TEPHRITIDAE
(gall-flies, greater fruit flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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