Tephritis bardanae is a picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).

[4] The larvae feed in the flower-heads (capitula) of species of Arctium (burdocks), causing galls to form.

[5] The larvae pupates in autumn, forming a black puparium.

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