Tephritis simplex (Loew, 1844)

El Harym, Y., Belqat, B. & Korneyev, V. A., 2020, The Fruit Flies Of Morocco: New Records Of The Tephritinae (Diptera, Tephritidae), Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 439-452 : 447

Tephritis simplex (Loew, 1844) ( fig. 7 , f)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Rif: Aïn Soualah, 03.06.2018, 1 ♀; Aïn El Maounzil, net sweeping, 05.07.2020, 1 Ơ (El Harym).

H o s t p l a n t s. Crepis albida Vill. ( Merz, 1994) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Algeria, Tunisia; Cyprus, France, Greece (Mainland & Crete), Italy, Portugal, Spain; Israel, Turkey ( Norrbom et al., 1999; Merz, 2001; Korneyev, 2016); Morocco ( Séguy, 1930).

Figures

Fig. 7. Aciura coryli (a–b), Capitites ramulosa (c–d), Tephritis carmen (e) and T. simplex (f): a — head, dorsally; b — wing; c, e, f — habitus, lateral view; d — host plant (Phagnalon saxatile).