Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)

Penado, Andreia, Smit, John, Aguiar, António Franquinho, Cravo, Délia, Rego, Carla, Santos, Renata & Boieiro, Mário, 2020, The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Madeira archipelago with the description of a new Oedosphenella Frey, Zootaxa 4810 (3), pp. 559-575 : 563-564

Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)

Material examined. Madeira: Calheta (1 female) : Ponta de São Lourenço (1 male) ; Porto Santo: Cabeço da Ponta (1 male) ; Morenos (1 female, 6 males) .

Remarks. This species naturally occurs in the Palearctic, from Europe to Afghanistan ( Norrbom et al. 1999).

Adults are usually found in dry habitats, where their larvae feed exclusively on Senecio plants ( Smit 2006; Mohamadzade Namin & Nozari 2012). It is an uncommon species in the Madeira archipelago, restricted to the south of Madeira Island. There was only one published record for Porto Santo ( Smit 2006), but we confirmed its presence in two additional locations.