title: Tephritis arnicae
text: # Tephritis arnicae
  
  Tephritis arnicae is a species of picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae, which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).
  
  The larvae feed in the flowerheads of species of Arnica montana, Doronicum grandiflorum, D. austriacum and D. hungaricum.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South to France, Bulgaria & Ukraine.
  
  