Aciura coryli (Rossi, 1794)

El Harym, Y., Belqat, B. & Korneyev, V. A., 2020, The Fruit Flies Of Morocco: New Records Of The Tephritinae (Diptera, Tephritidae), Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 439-452 : 446

Aciura coryli (Rossi, 1794) ( figs 7 , a–b)

Synonym: Aciura powelli Séguy, 1930 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Rif: Arhil, 11.07.2020, 1 ♀ (sweeping) (El Harym).

Host plants. In Morocco reared from Phlomis fruticosa L. and Phlomis sp., ( Séguy, 1930). Larvae also develop in the FLowers of Ballota saxatilis Sieb. ex. C. Presl., Phlomis viscosa Poir. (Lamiaceae) ( Freidberg & Kugler, 1989) and some other Lamiaceae.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From France and Morocco to southern East Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Israel and Syria ( Korneyev & Dirlbek, 2001; Korneyev & Merz, 2004). In Morocco, this species was collected also in the Middle Atlas in Azrou ( Séguy, 1930) and in the coastal meseta in KoriFLa ( Séguy 1953).

Figures

Fig. 7. Aciura coryli (a–b), Capitites ramulosa (c–d), Tephritis carmen (e) and T. simplex (f): a — head, dorsally; b — wing; c, e, f — habitus, lateral view; d — host plant (Phagnalon saxatile).