The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

  

Amauromyza luteiceps (Hendel, 1920)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Dizygomyza luteiceps Hendel, 1920. Arch. Naturgesch. 84A(7) (1918): 133
Dizygomyza luteiceps Hendel, 1920; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 34
Amauromyza luteiceps (Hendel, 1920); Spencer, 1969b. Beitr. Ent. 19 (2): 13-4
Amauromyza luteiceps (Hendel, 1920); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 45
Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) luteiceps (Hendel, 1920); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 160-1, fig. 291.
Amauromyza luteiceps (Hendel, 1920); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 62, 64, 204.

Stem-borer: Details unknown.

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 Dempewolf (2001:102).

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).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Chenopodiaceae        
Atriplex       Spencer, 1990: 63
Atriplex hastata     Dempewolf, 2001:102

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Suffolk (Chillesford) (Spencer, 1972b: 45), East Kent, Glamorgan, West Kent, and West Suffolk (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread but uncommon in Europe (Spencer, 1972b: 45; Spencer, 1990: 64) including Germany, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Russia (Spencer, 1976: 161), Belgium, Czech Republic, European Turkey, French mainland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Atriplex hastata

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.

External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist		 Find using Google
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class="medium">tetrahit Common Hemp-nettle British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Glechoma hirsuta     Bladmineerders van Europa Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Lamium       Spencer, 1990: 205 Lamium album White Dead-nettle   Bladmineerders van Europa Lamium maculatum Spotted Dead-nettle British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Lamium orvala     Bladmineerders van Europa Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Leonurus marrubiastrum     Bladmineerders van Europa Marrubium       Spencer, 1990: 205 Marrubium vulgare White Horehound British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Melittis melissophyllum Bastard Balm British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Mentha       Bladmineerders van Europa Scutellaria       Spencer, 1990: 205 Scutellaria columnae     Bladmineerders van Europa Stachys       Spencer, 1990: 205 Stachys alpina Limestone Woundwort   Bladmineerders van Europa Stachys menthifolia     Bladmineerders van Europa Stachys officinalis Betony British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Stachys palustris Marsh Woundwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: May-July and August-October (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: The record on Glechoma from Warwickshire (Kingsbury Wood) (Robbins, 1991: 103) is considered unlikely to be correct (Henshaw in Chandler, 1998).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania and Slovakia (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Ajuga reptans, Ballota nigra, Galeopsis tetrahit, Glechoma hederacea, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Lamium album, Lamium maculatum, Lamium purpureum, Leonurus cardiaca, Marrubium vulgare, Melittis melissophyllum, Stachys alpina, Scutellaria columnae, Stachys officinalis (= Betonica officinalis), Stachys palustris, Stachys sylvatica

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Chorebus trilobomyzae Griffiths, 1968 Braconidae: Alysiinae
Grammospila rufiventris (Nees, 1812) Braconidae: Alysiinae

External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist		 Find using Google
Find using Google Scholar
Find images using Google

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