Leaf-miner: Upper-surface corridor. When there is sufficienty space the first part of the corridor is wound in a dense spiral. (This strongly reminds the mine of L. eupatorii, but there the spiral is larger.) Frass, at least partly, in strings. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).
The mine starts with a spiral and then becomes more or less straight, mining the upper leaf surface. Frass strings are also evident. The mine looks very similar to L.eupatorii, but in the latter the initial spiral is larger. Future DNA analysis may synonomise these species. This species was first notified to the Plant Health and Seed Inspectorate (APHA) in June 2016 although it seemed to have been present under glass, at secure sites under Home Office license, for 18 months. (British
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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.
Described by de Meijere (1927a) and Sasakawa (1961a); rear spiraculum with 3 papillae, the posterior one elongated, hook-like (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).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: Two generations (Hering, 1957). The mines are found in June (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland:
Distribution
elsewhere: From Scandinavia to Slovenia, Serbia and Thrace (Fauna Europaea, 2008); introduced in Britain (Collins ao, 2016a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown. |