Leaf-miner:
Upper surface corridor mine. The mine starts at the leaf apex. Frass
in clumps or closely packed grains (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.
Posterior spiracles of the larvae with 9-11 bulbs (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).
Comments:
Although tentatively recorded by Robbins (1991:
140) and Pitkin & Plant), Liriomyza graminivora is not listed as
a British species by Henshaw in Chandler,
1998.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines:
May-June and August-September (Hering,
1957).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown. Distribution
elsewhere: Germany (Berlin) (Spencer,
1990: 373), Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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