Phytomyza
cirsii Hendel, 1923
[Diptera:
Agromyzidae]
Phytomyza
cirsii
Hendel, 1923a. Dt. ent. Z. 1923(4):390
Phytomyza cirsicola Hendel, 1927a. Zool. Anz. 69:
258
Phytomyza cirsii Hendel, 1923a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 71, 72 (fig. 233A), 77, 79,
112
Phytomyza cirsii Hendel, 1923a; Spencer, 1976. Fauna
ent. Scand. 5(1): 404-5, figs 647B, 707.
Phytomyza cirsii Hendel, 1923a; Spencer, 1990. Host
specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 251, 255,
256 (fig. 957), 259.
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Leaf-mine: A
shallow, upper surface, whitish linear mine. Pupation external (Spencer, 1972b: 72 (fig. 233A), 77).
Tortuous,
upper-surface corridor, often somewhat geryish, and/or following
the leaf margin. Frass grains fairly small, separated by about their
own diameter. Primary feeding lines often conspicuous. Pupation
outside the mine; exit slit in upper epidermis (Bladmineerders van Europa).
A long whitish upper surface mine. The frass grains are small and can occur close together (British
leafminers).
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 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).
Black; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of up to 26 minute
bulbs (Spencer, 1972b: 77).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: June-August, October.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread, probably not uncommon
but overlooked. London (Hampstead), Suffolk (Flatford) (Spencer, 1972b: 77), Warwickshire (Keresley) (Robbins,
1991: 121); Cambridgeshire, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Haddington, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Meriontheshire, North Somerset, Shropshire, South Lancashire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford,
West Gloucestershire, West Suffolk and Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (the Burren) (Spencer, 1972b: 77). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread and common in much of Europe including
Denmark, Finland, Sweden (Spencer,
1976: 405), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (Scheirs,
de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1996), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 570), Austria, Czech Republic, European Turkey, French
mainland, Lithuania, Poland and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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