Terellia tussilaginis
Terellia tussilaginis
The gall fly Terellia tussilaginis is mainly pale greeny yellow in colour with distinctive brown banding on its wings.
The larva form galls in the achenes of Burdock (Arctium) flowerheads; the achene is swollen with a tiny entrance hole near the top and larger hole at base blocked by debris. Pale-brown puparia are in the old flowerheads over winter
Tephritis bardanae also galls burdock
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Around Burdock.
June to August.
The larvae feed on Burdock and cause galls to form.
Fairly frequent and widespread in southern Britain at least.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland
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