Agromyza
albitarsis
Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 171
Agromyza albitarsis Meigen, 1830; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 100
Agromyza lycophaga Hering, 1937c. Blattminen Mittel-
und NordEuropas Lief 5, 6: 462. [Synonymised
by Spencer, 1969b: 6]
Agromyza lycophaga Hering, 1937c; Spencer, 1969b. Beitr.
Ent. 16: 6
Agromyza albitarsis Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 37 (fig. 119), 42, 119, 120
Agromyza albitarsis Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1976. Fauna
ent. Scand. 5(1): 92-3, figs 126-128
Agromyza albitarsis Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1990. Host
specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 81, 82
(fig. 300), 93, 100, 178.
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Leaf-miner: Larva
forming a greenish-black blotch mine (Spencer,
1976: 92), which quickly turns brown, frequently several larvae
feed together (Spencer, 1972b:
42).
Elongated,
upper-surface blotch, on Poplars much larger than on Willows. At
first the colour is green, but this quickly turns into an opaque
brown. The larvae distinguish these mines from those of Leucoptera
sinuella and Zeugophora species. They are yellow,
and often live communal. They leave the mine before pupation; the
exit slit is in the upper epidermis (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.
Yellow. Anterior spiracles each with 8 bulbs, posterior spiracles
each with 3 bulbs (de Meijere,
1934). The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Puparium:
The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).
Yellowish to reddish brown; posterior spiracles each with 3 bulbs
on a low protuberance (Spencer,
1976: 92). The puparium is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: September.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including
Devon (Slapton), Huntingdonshire (Woodwalton Fen) (Spencer, 1972b: 42), Stirling (Ross Point, Loch Lomond) (Bland,
1994c: 81) and the Outer Hebrides (North Uist) (Bland,
1994b). Glamorgan and South-west Yorkshire (NBN
Atlas). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark,
Finland, Sweden (Spencer, 1976:
92), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (Scheirs,
de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1999), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 546), Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
European Turkey, French mainland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia (Fauna Europaea).
Also
recorded in Canada (Spencer,
1976: 92).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
Populus
alba, Populus
balsamifera, Populus
nigra, Populus
tremula, Populus
tremuloides, Populus
trichocarpa, Salix
alba, Salix
alba x fragilis, Salix
purpurea, Salix
repens, Salix
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British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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