Leaf-miner: Larva forming irregular linear mine (Spencer,
1990: 345).
Makes long upper surface galleries, which may double back on each other. The mines may extend to 20cms of leaf and show up as yellowish against the green leaf. They may also stain purple. The larvae pupate in the mine between late November and January (British
leafminers)
Rather
narrow corridor, upper-surface or interparenchymatous, 12-20 cm
in length, about 2 mm wide. Mines yellow, contrasting against the
dark green leaves, but sometimes they are deep purple. The corridor
changes direction at least twice. Generally it does not leave the
blade. Frass in one or two large lumps. Pupation inside the mine
(Bladmineerders van Europa).
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.
The larva is described by Nowakowski (1973)
and 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).
The puparium is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines:
Larvae in August-October; larvae in the Netherlands in November
(Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Bland discovered this miner in the UK (Bland (1993a);Entomologist's Gazette 44: 271-273) and found it to be widespread in Southern Scotland - recording it from 11 vice counties (British
leafminers). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Poland and southern
Germany, common in mountain forests (Spencer,
1990: 345), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa) and Hungary (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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