Acidia cognata
Acidia cognata
Acidia cognata is a fly from the family of fruit flies ( Tephritidae ).
Features
The flies reach a body length of 6.5 to 7.0 millimeters. Your body is brilliantly colored reddish yellow, the head is white-yellow and silver shimmers. The bruise on his forehead is dull. The shoulder bumps and Seitenstrieme are colored up under the wings white yellow. The wings are colored distinctive and carry five yellowish and braungescheckte napkins that are interconnected. The first binding starts at the wing base with a square spot, the third runs the vein Tp, parallel to the narrow second napkin, with which it meets at the wing trailing edge. The fifth is binding on the wing tip and along the wing leading edge, parallel to the fourth binding, coupled to the third tie.
Occurrence and life
The animals come into central and northern Europe spread before. The larvae nate in the leaves of coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara ) and Pestwurzen ( Petasites ).