Phytomyza
notata Meigen, 1830
[Diptera:
Agromyzidae]
Phytomyza
notata Meigen, 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten
europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. 6: 193
Phytomyza pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848. Diptera Scandinaviae.
7: 2822
Phytomyza pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848; Rydén, 1953.
Ent. Meddr. 26: 15
Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 70 (fig. 228), 73, 118, 119
Phytomyza pseudonotata Hering, 1949c. Entomon 1(8):
207
Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent.
Scand. 5(1): 460-1, fig 804-6
Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization
in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 22, 41, 42 (fig. 148),
400.
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Leaf-miner: Mine
short, broad, essentially linear, sometimes with a small brown patch
at beginning. Pupation external (Spencer, 1972b: 70 (fig. 228), 73); Spencer,
1976: 459 (fig. 806), 460).
A
short, broad corridor, with irregular sides. The mine often starts
at a browned spot in the centre of the leaf. Pupation outside 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.
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).
Dark brown; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of some 20
minute bulbs (Spencer, 1976:
460).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: July-August, October-November.
Time
of year - adults: August.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Probably widespread, at least
in south. Surrey (Mickleham), Middlesex (Scratch Wood) (Spencer, 1972b: 73), Inner Hebrides (Isle of Coll) (Bland,
1992); Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, South-west Yorkshire
and Surrey (NBN
Atlas). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Italy, the [former] U.S.S.R. (Kr, Svir) (Spencer,
1976: 460), Poland (Mines in BMNH), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 574), Belarus, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland and
Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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