Urophora cardui | |
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Urophora cardui | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Myopitini |
Genus: | Urophora |
Species: | U. cardui
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Binomial name | |
Urophora cardui | |
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Urophora cardui or the Canada thistle gall fly is a fruit fly which, contrary to its common name, is indigenous to Central Europe from the United Kingdom east to near the Crimea, and from Sweden south to the Mediterranean.