Pre-dispersal predators of Onopordum acanthium

Insect family Insect genus insect subgenus (group) Insect species Region Source Stage
Curculionidae Larinus Phyllonomeus turbinatus Gyllenhal, 1835 France (east) Breeding Adult
        France citation from Hoffmann (1954) Adult
Tephritidae Chaetostomella   cylindrica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)   Citation for foreign breed  
  Tephritis   postica (Loew, 1844)   Breeding - not Switzerland  
  Terellia Cerajocera lappae (Cederhjelm, 1798) ? Switzerland Breeding - not Switzerland  
  Urophora Urophora terebrans (Loew, 1850)   Citation for foreign breed  



Dr. Jiri Skuhrovec
Function of Invertebrate and Plant Biodiversity in Agrosystems
Crop Research Institute
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161 06 Praha 6 - Ruzyne
CZECH REPUBLIC
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