| Ensina sonchi | |
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| Ensina sonchi Netherlands | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Ensina |
| Species: | E. sonchi |
| Binomial name | |
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Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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Ensina sonchi is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae , the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . The larvae feed on the flower heads of Asteraceae (Chondrilla juncea, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Hieracium umbellatum, Hypochaeris radicata Sonchus arvensis , Taraxacum officinale ....). .