Urophora stylata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family
Tephritidae.[8] The host plant for the larvae is usually a thistle of genus Cirsium or Carduus.[9]
It has been introduced in North America as a
biocontrol of C. vulgare, which has become an invasive species.[10]
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abPanzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz (1805). "Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten". Felsecker, Nurnberg. 54. Nuremberg: 24 pp, 24.
^Lioy, P. (1864). "I ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale". Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 3: 1087–1126.
^Hendel, F. (1927). "Trypetidae". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 49 (5, 16): 1–64, pls. 1-4.
^Hering, E.M. (1938). "Neue altweltliche Böhrfliegen. 17. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae (Dipt.)". Konowia. 16[1937]: 243–251.
^Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
^White, Ian M.
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