Phytomyza
sedicola Hering, 1924
[Diptera:
Agromyzidae]
Phytomyza
sedicola Hering, 1924a. Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 19:
33, 40
Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): PAGE
Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 86 (fig. 290), 90, 115
Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 494-5, figs 865-6
Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1990. Host
specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 50, 98
(figs 350-1), 99. 101, 125, 140.
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Leaf-miner: A
shallow, irregularly linear mine which can develop into a secondary
blotch (Spencer, 1972b: 90).
Pupation internal, the puparium loose in the mine (Spencer,
1976: 494).
Upper-surface,
whitish (shallow), strongly contorted corridor, that may form a
secondary blotch. Frass in a few, widely scattered grains. Pupation
mostly within the mine; in front of the brown puparium lies a preformed
exit slit (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 larva is described by de Meijere (1926)
and Griffiths (1976c).
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).
Brown (Spencer, 1976: 494). The puparium is illustrated in (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines:
May and July (Hering, 1957).
Time
of year - adults: August.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Westmorland (Keswick) (Spencer, 1972b: 90). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Finland,
Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976:
494), Germany (Spencer, 1976:
578), Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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