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Hi everyone,

Found 2 of this female Tephritidae on snow in French Alps, 2250 meter elevation.



Barneix G. : France : Le Monêtier-les-Bains : 05220 : 06/03/2026
Altitude : 2250 - Taille : 4 mm
Réf. : 371682



Barneix G. : France : Le Monêtier-les-Bains : 05220 : 06/03/2026
Altitude : 2250 - Taille : 4 mm
Réf. : 371683


After some search and thanks to latique on a my thread on a Frenchforum, i consider this female as a Campiglossa, but not shure at all for the species.

From the different criteria i could find, it could be difficilis or sororcula, with the brown femur, size of the front compare to eye's size, and wing patern. In fact, i do have setae on the scutellum apex.

Did someone have an idea ?

Thank's a lot every one :)

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Not sure they are the same:
a) certainly C. difficilis -- on Taraxacum serotinum, on subalpine meadows, 1000-2500 m
b) very-very probably C. doronici -- on Doronicum and Arnica, idem

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Oh whaou! I was wondering if it was possible that these two female were not from the same species...amazing. Furethemore, i find a T. ruralis in the same area.

Thanks a lot for your response. What are the criteria that make the difference between these two species ?

thanks Val

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Tephritis ruralis is a Hieracium-associated species, and it means that there is a chance that C. doronici actually can be C. achyrophori -- the status of both is vaque, and the differences are tiny (blurred wing pattern, slightly longer oviposiyor and the host plant in C. doronici); I foresee that COI difference between them is near zero.