Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775)
(Spear-thistle Gall-fly)

Interactions where Urophora stylata 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 inflorescence Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesinflorescence
larva larva feeds on Foreign Carduus crispusQuestionable Welted Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistle?
larva larva feeds on UK/Ireland Carduus nutansQuestionable Musk Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus nutans/Carduus nutansmusk thistle?
larva larva feeds on Foreign Carduus pycnocephalusQuestionable Plymouth Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus pycnocephalus/Carduus pycnocephalusPlymouth thistle?
larva larva causes gall of inflorescence Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistleinflorescence
larva larva feeds on UK/Ireland Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle
larva larva feeds on Foreign Cirsium eriophorum Woolly Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistle
larva larva feeds on UK/Ireland Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium palustre/Cirsium palustremarsh thistle
larva larva causes gall of achene UK/IrelandMajor Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium vulgare/Cirsium vulgarespear thistleacheneMajor (-9)
larva larva causes gall of receptacle UK/IrelandMajor Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium vulgare/Cirsium vulgarespear thistlereceptacleMajor (-9)

Interactions where Urophora stylata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
larva (2nd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova Eurytoma compressa a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Eurytoma compressa/Eurytoma compressaa chalcid waspova Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva (2nd instar) ova is ectoparasitoid of larva (2nd instar)
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Eurytoma compressa a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Eurytoma compressa/Eurytoma compressaa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Major Habrocytus elevatus a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Habrocytus elevatus/Habrocytus elevatusa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarvaMajor larva is ectoparasitoid of larva
larva (3rd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova Major Habrocytus elevatus a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Habrocytus elevatus/Habrocytus elevatusa chalcid waspova Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva (3rd instar)Major ova is ectoparasitoid of larva (3rd instar)
larva (3rd instar) is ectoparasitoid host of ova Torymus chloromerus a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Torymidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Torymidae/Torymus chloromerus/Torymus chloromerusa chalcid waspova Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva (3rd instar) (8)ova is ectoparasitoid of larva (3rd instar)
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Torymus chloromerus a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Torymidae The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads, Redfern, M., 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Torymidae/Torymus chloromerus/Torymus chloromerusa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva larva is ectoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992Plant GallsNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Redfern, M., 1968The Natural History of Spear Thistle-headsField Studies Vol 2, No 5: 669-717.
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

Urophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Urophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-fly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUrophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-fly)
GenusUrophora (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 Urophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Redfern, M. 1968 The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads Field Studies Vol 2, No 5: 669-717.

Urophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-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 Urophora stylata (Spear-thistle Gall-fly):

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