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Leaf-miner: Mine long, linear, upper or lower surface, often adjoining a vein (Spencer, 1972b: 74 (fig. 244), 79).

Long corridor, often following the midrib for some distance. The mine is upper- or lower-surface; often the first part lower-surface, then upper-surface. Frass in pearl chains or isolated granules. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in the lower epidermis (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 white 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).

The black puparium is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Phytomyza eupatorii puparium Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Asteraceae
Eupatorium				Robbins, 1991: 113
Eupatorium	cannabinum	Hemp-agrimony		Mines in BMNH
Eupatorium	cannabinum	Hemp-agrimony		Spencer, 1972b: 113

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae
Eupatorium				Spencer, 1990: 289
Eupatorium	cannabinum	Hemp-agrimony		Bladmineerders van Europa
Eupatorium	corsicum			Bladmineerders van Europa
Eupatorium	japonicum			Bladmineerders van Europa
Eupatorium	sacchalinense			Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: July-August.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain - Surrey (Cosford Mill, Godalming) Cambridgeshire (Chippenham Fen), Norfolk (Norwich), Denbighshire (Cefn-y-bedd) (Spencer, 1972b: 79) and Warwickshire (Fazeley and Hawkesbury) (Robbins, 1991: 113); Breconshire, Cambridgeshire, Glamorgan and Shropshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Lithuania and Poland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: