Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844)
(Melancholy Thistle Fly)

Interactions where Tephritis conura 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 causes gall of capitulum Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum Foreign Cirsium acaule Dwarf Thistle, Stemless Thistle, Picnic Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium acaule/Cirsium acauledwarf thistle, stemless thistle, picnic thistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium heterophyllum/Cirsium heterophyllummelancholy thistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum Foreign Cirsium oleraceum Cabbage Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium oleraceum/Cirsium oleraceumcabbage thistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium palustre/Cirsium palustremarsh thistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum Foreign Cirsium vulgareQuestionable Spear Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis conura/Tephritis conuramelancholy thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium vulgare/Cirsium vulgarespear thistle?capitulum

Author & YearTitleSource
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis conura (Melancholy Thistle Fly)
GenusTephritis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis conura (Melancholy Thistle Fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Clemons, L. 2000 Tephritis matricariae (Loew, 1844) (Dip.: Tephritidae) new to Britain and breeding in East Kent Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation Vol 112: 225-230.
Harding, B. Tephritis conura and matricariae www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/t2338-Tephritis-conura-matricariae.html

Tephritis conura (Melancholy Thistle Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tephritis conura (Melancholy Thistle Fly):

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