Urophora affinis Frauenfeld, 1857

Korneyev, S. V., Babytskiy, A. I., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2021, New records of the tephritid and picture-winged flies (Diptera: Tephritidae, Ulidiidae) from Chernivtsi Region (Ukraine). I. Floristic hotspots as refugia for flies, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka (Oxford, England) 12 (3), pp. 17-26 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5749520
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17032741
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87B7-3C65-FFA2-FF3E-616CC978FC7B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Urophora affinis Frauenfeld, 1857
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Urophora affinis Frauenfeld, 1857 View in CoL

Material examined. Spaska, 22.06.2021, 1♀ (alcohol) ( V. Korneyev & Babytskiy leg.); Zavoloka, 22.06.2021, 1♀ (alcohol) ( V. Korneyev & Babytskiy leg.) .

Distribution. Throughout Europe except North ( Merz & Korneyev, 2004). Ukraine: Kyiv; Cherkasy, Odesa, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea (Korneyev & White, 1996); Chernivtsi Region (first record).

Notes. Induces single galls in flower heads of Centaurea stoebe and C. diffusa ( Asteraceae ) (Merz, 1994, as C. maculosa ). Overwinters as larvae.