Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Tephritidae (Fruit flies)

Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)

Rayed Thistle Fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Trypeta cometa Loew, 1840 | Tephritis israelis Freidberg, 1974 |

  • Tephritis cometa 966
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-06-06 12:59:01
    Image number: 966

    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-06-06 12:59:01
  • Tephritis cometa 1058
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-06-09 09:06:13
    Image number: 1058

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-06-09 09:06:13
  • Tephritis cometa 4836
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2011-08-14 11:10:23
    Image number: 4836

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2011-08-14 11:10:23
  • Tephritis cometa 1219
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2007-05-29 13:11:26
    Image number: 1219

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2007-05-29 13:11:26
  • Tephritis cometa, mating 4661
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-06-11 10:33:52
    Image number: 4661
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-06-11 10:33:52
  • Tephritis cometa, mating 4662
    Tephritis cometa (Loew, 1840)    Rayed Thistle Fly 
    Tephritis cometa, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-06-11 10:34:38
    Image number: 4662
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-06-11 10:34:38

Classification:
Tephritis cometa belongs to the subfamily Tephritinae, tribe Tephritini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Murat Kütük: The Fauna and Systematics of the Genus Tephritis Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a Key to the Species of Tephritis in Turkey, Turk J Zool 30 (2006) 345-356.
  2. Plant Parasites of Europe
  3. Ian M. White (1988). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Tephritid Flies. Diptera: Tephritidae. Vol: 10 - Part 5a. Royal Entomological Society of London.