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Species Account for Ensina sonchi

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Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)
Diptera: other groups: Tephritidae

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Taxonomic group: flies (other) (Diptera: other groups) - County data

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Essex RDB: Listed

Records: 29

First Record: 1995

Latest Record: 2022

1992-on hectads: 7

Pre-1992 hectads: 0

Total hectads: 7

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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from Chafford Hundred in Thurrock, now mostly built on.

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The picture winged fly Ensina sonchi has records for England north to Cheshire. The larvae form a gall in the flower head of Hypochoerus radicata, Aster tripolium, Leontodon, Picris, Sonchus, or Trapogon (Recorder species account). References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3