First record of Tephritis praecox (Diptera: Tephritidae), a pest of Calendula (Asteraceae), in Slovakia

Tephritis praecox (Loew, 1844) known to infest pot marigold (Calendula), a medicine plant used as anti-inflammatory and a remedy for healing wounds, as well as spice, predominantly in the Mediterranean region. It is recorded as a pest of cultivated Calendula in Slovakia for the first time. Morphology, phylogenetic relationships, biology and distribution are discussed.

Related Organizations

University of California System
United States
University of Prešov
Slovakia
University of California, Davis
United States
University of California, San Francisco
United States
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Ukraine

Keywords

Slovakia, Calendula, Diptera, Tephritidae, Asteraceae

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